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Triple Lemon Loaf Cake

April 3, 2021 · In: Dessert, Recipes

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I cannot think of a more pleasant, well-mannered, delightful cake than Triple Lemon Loaf Cake.  Even the name sounds like the kind of thing you want to share with a friend or bring to a new neighbor.  

I love this cake, and I want you to love it too.  There are three components, but do not let that thwart your best intentions.  You can do this.  

There is a cake batter, which gets baked, and then ten minutes after emerging golden and perfect from the oven, it gets bathed in lemon simple syrup (which you can make in the microwave, by the way), and cools completely while drinking in all that syrupy goodness.  

When the cake is cooled, the finished product is drizzled in a lemon glaze which, if executed correctly, will both stay atop the cake and drip down the sides, basically elevating you to the upper echelons of the domestic arts.  

Can you taste the frenzy of lemon goodness?  The cake is tender and moist, doused in sweet syrup, and the glaze is everything a glaze should be.  Picture perfect, don’t you think?

Triple Lemon Loaf Cake

yields 1 10-inch loaf or 2 8″-inch loaves
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Ingredients

For the cake…

  • 1/2 pound unsalted butter, room temperature (2 sticks, 1 cup)
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 4 extra large eggs, room temperature
  • 1/3 cup grated lemon zest, from 6-8 lemons
  • 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
  • For the syrup…
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice

For the glaze…

  • 2 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar
  • 4 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease and flour a 9-inch large loaf pan.
  • In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.  This will take about 5 minutes.  With the mixer on medium speed, add the eggs and the lemon zest.
  • Add the lemon juice, vanilla, and sour cream. Mix briefly until combined.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
  • Add the flour to the batter and stir to fully combine.
  • Pour the batter into the prepared pan, smooth the top, and bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes (depending on your loaf pan size), until a cake tester comes out clean.
  • While the cake bakes, make the syrup.  Combine the granulated sugar and lemon juice in a small saucepan and cook over low heat until the sugar dissolves.  When the cake is done, allow to cool for ten minutes in the pan, then spoon the lemon syrup all over the top.  Allow the cakes to cool completely before removing.
  • For the glaze, combine the confectioners’ sugar and lemon juice in a bowl, mixing until smooth.  You want the consistency to be thick, but still pourable.  If it is too thin, it will just drip right off of the cake.  The ideal consistency will flow off the side of the cake, but mostly stay on top of the cake.

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By: Katherine Sasser · In: Dessert, Recipes

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