Copycat Starbucks Lemon Loaf Recipe

This Copycat Starbucks Lemon Loaf Recipe is the perfect thing for delicious dessert or a fun breakfast. Inspired by my favorite treat at Starbucks, this Lemon Bread has just a handful of ingredients and comes out soft, moist and topped with a sweet glaze.

I don’t go to Starbuck a lot, I honestly just can’t afford it. But, at least once a month, I definitely treat myself to a Latte. I certainly deserve it! For years, I thought Starbucks was just a great place to go and load up on caffeine drinks. But, at some point, I realized that they had some pretty tasty snacks there as well. And their Lemon Loaf bread is one of my favorites!

Copycat Starbucks Lemon Loaf Recipe

It’s weird, lemon flavored desserts are often things that I overlook when deciding what to eat. But, everytime I eat something, I absolutely love the fresh, sweet taste. I’ve made some really delicious lemon inspired recipes on this website, like these Mini Strawberry Lemon Tarts and these Lemon Blueberry Cupcakes.

So, I thought I’d take a shot at sharing this copycat version of my favorite treat at Starbucks: The Iced Lemon Loaf Pound Cake!

What Ingredients Will You Need For This Recipe?

Like I mentioned above, nothing crazy here and you probably already have most of these in your kitchen already!

For The Lemon Loaf

• all-purpose flour
• baking powder
• salt
• granulated sugar
• large eggs, room temperature
• butter, softened
• lemon juice and lemon zest
• whole milk

For The Glaze:

• confectioners’ sugar
• milk

Do You Need To Put The Glaze On This Lemon Loaf?

No, not really. But that is a large part of the awesomeness of the Starbucks recipe. You could have this lemon bread just plain if you needed to cut out some of the sugar. Some other options to put on top of the this loaf would be lemon curd or even a thin layer of vanilla pudding. In this case, you would need to keep it refrigerated. But it may be tasty!

Storage and Freezing

This recipe can be kept in an airtight container at room temperature for up to about 5 days. We love to use this tupperware to keep all our loaves fresh. If you keep this in the refrigerator, it may extend the freshness by a couple of days.

This Lemon Loaf freezes well. Let the loaf fully cool, slice into individual servings and then wrap in freezer wrap or put in freezer bags. Or do both! Put parchment paper between the slices. This way, you can only take out and thaw what you need! It will be good in your freezer for up to 5 months.

Can You Double This Recipe?

Yep, you sure can. Just double all of the ingredients and use two loaf pans. You can also make mini loaves, or bake this in a larger cake pan or casserole dish. But please note that the cooking times will vary with these methods and I can’t say for sure how the results will be because we haven’t tried it.

Can You Make This Gluten Free?

This is a popular questions. The only thing you’ll need to do to make this a Gluten Free Lemon Loaf is to substitute with Gluten Free Flour. There are several options. We are not necessarily a gluten free website, but the few times we’ve subbed for gluten free flour, our results have been fine. I have no reason to think it would be different for this recipe!

Other Tips And Tricks For Starbucks Lemon Loaf Recipe

We use butter in this recipe instead of oil. From some research, it appears that that is what Starbucks uses in their recipe, so it makes sense to do that. If you want to make this recipe have even more of a lemon flavor, you could add a small amount of lemon extract to the mix (I wouldn’t put more than one 1 tsp in). Do NOT use lemon oil. That is way more powerful.

I hope you enjoy this recipe for Copycat Starbucks Lemon Loaf Recipe. I’d love to know how it turns out for you in the comments. Happy Baking!

Some Tools To Help With This Recipe

• 8X4 LOAF PAN
• 8 SPEED STAND MIXER
• LARGE MIXING BOWL

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Copycat Starbucks Lemon Loaf Recipe

This Copycat Starbucks Lemon Loaf Recipe is the perfect thing for delicious dessert or a fun breakfast. Inspired by my favorite treat at Starbucks, this Lemon Bread has just a handful of ingredients and comes out soft, moist and topped with a sweet glaze.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword lemon loaf

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes

Servings 8 servings

Calories 327 kcal

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs room temperature
• 1 stick butter approx. ½ cup, softened
• Juice and zest of one lemon approx. 2 tbsp lemon juice and 1 tbsp lemon zest
• ½ cup whole milk

For Glaze

• 1 cup confectioner's sugar
• 3 tbsp milk

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Grease an 8x4 loaf pan with butter and set aside.
3. In a medium bowl, sift together all dry ingredients: flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
   
4. In a large bowl, whisk together sugar and eggs until creamy.
   
5. Add butter and mix thoroughly, followed by the lemon juice and zest.
6. Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, alternating with the milk. Mix thoroughly.
   
7. Pour batter into greased loaf pan and bake for 45 minutes. Remove from pan and cool on a wire rack.
   
8. Mix together confectioners’ sugar and milk and pour over cooled loaf. Serve and enjoy.
   

Recipe Notes

We use butter in this recipe instead of oil. From some research, it appears that that is what Starbucks uses in their recipe, so it makes sense to do that. If you want to make this recipe have even more of a lemon flavor, you could add a small amount of lemon extract to the mix (I wouldn't put more than one 1 tsp in). 

Nutrition Facts

Copycat Starbucks Lemon Loaf Recipe

Amount Per Serving

Calories 327

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.