Lemon Loaf Coffee Cake
This easy to make lemon loaf coffee cake is loaded with bright lemony flavor that's sure to start your day on a bright note.
Equipment
- 1 loaf pan
Ingredients
- 2 tsp butter, to grease loaf pan
- 1½ cup flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 lemons, zested and juiced
- 3 large eggs
- ½ cup plain greek yogurt
- ½ cup good quality olive oil
- 1 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350℉.
- Generously grease a loaf pan with butter and set aside.
- Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt into a bowl. Set aside.
- Zest the lemons and divide their juice into two bowls.
- Combine the sugar and the lemon zest in a bowl. Rub the lemon zest into the sugar with your fingers until it's fragrant, and the mixture resembles coarse sand.
- Beat together the eggs, yogurt, juice of 1 lemon, and the vanilla extract until well blended.
- Add the flour mixture and then the sugar mixture; beat on low speed until batter is combined.
- Fold in olive oil using a spatula, until combined. Do not over mix.
- Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean, about 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and allow loaf to cool for 30 minutes in the loaf pan. After 30 minutes, run a knife around the edge of the pan to loosen it and transfer it to a serving dish. Allow to cool completely.
- Once loaf has cooled completely, whisk the remaining lemon juice and confectioners sugar together in a bowl to make a thin glaze. Drizzle the glaze over cake.
- Allow glaze to set before slicing into the loaf.