Gifts from the Kitchen, Last Minute Lemon Loaf Cake with Lemon Lime Glaze
Happy Mother’s Day! 🌷
I hope you Moms are being properly pampered today!!
Do you need a last minute sweet treat for Mom?
This is what I call a pantry cake, meaning, you can whip this up easily from things you have on hand
If you don’t have lemons, you can flavor it with vanilla, almond or coconut extract
and decorate it with sprinkles, coconut, chocolate anything you can find
No buttermilk? No problem, just add 1 Tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar to a scant cup of milk, let sit for 5 minutes, and voilà, buttermilk
I have a kooky Nordic loaf pan with a fruit pattern that I’ve never really figured out what to do with, but it makes great cakes, even though they look a little odd 😳
I played around with the garnishing, using fresh lemons and flowers
And spring sprinkles
This cake will keep well under a dome at room temperature for up to a week
It’s really good for breakfast too!
Last Minute Lemon Loaf Cake
Equipment
- loaf pans
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1 stick 8 oz., unsalted butter, softened
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup buttermilk*
- fresh lemon zest from 2 lemons
- 1 T fresh lemon juice
- Lemon Lime Icing
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar**
- 2 T softened butter
- 2 T lemon juice
- 2 T lime juice
Instructions
- Place flour, salt and baking soda in a bowl and mix. Combine buttermilk, lemon juice and zest in another bowl. Cream butter and sugar in a stand mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, stirring well between each addition and scraping down sides. Once eggs are mixed in, alternate adding wet and dry ingredients, starting and ending with flour.
- Pour mixture into well greased loaf pan.
- Bake at 325 for 30 minutes, and check. Bake an additional 5 minutes or until cake is set and tester comes out clean. Do not overbake. Cool cake before turning out of pan.
- Make lemon lime glaze by mixing ingredients until smooth. Pour over cooled cake. Decorate cake with sprinkles, citrus slices {add just before serving} or fresh edible flowers.
Notes
Enjoy!
I adapted this recipe from Cafe Sucré Farine’s Lemon Buttermilk Pound Cake. Please pop over and see Chris’ stunning bundt cake here
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I was thinking that your cake would never last a week under the cake dome. Then I saw it was my cake 🙂 I know at my house, it would never last a week, even in the freezer as I have little hungry elves that frequent the place. Happy Mother’s Day!! Hope it’s filled with lovely things like Lemon Buttermilk Cake!!
I didn’t do your beautiful cake justice Chris! We were alone for a week, a rare occurrence, so my husband & I got to nibble on it and I was amazed how long it stayed fresh and moist. Hope you have a wonderful day!
Your cake sounds so good Jenna! Lemon anything is hard for me to resist and I feel less guilty whipping up a loaf cake than a whole pound cake around to tempt us 🙂 Wishing you lots of pampering and a flower-filled Mother’s Day. ♥
Thank you Mary, I plan on doing as little as possible 🙂
You had me at lemon… yum!!! Looks and sounds delish! And you’ve garnished it so pretty! Happy Mother’s Day! 🙂 ~Rhonda
So simple, so good, Happy Mother’s Day!
Jenna, Happy Mother’s Day! The cake looks delicious…I will keep it for those last minute needs!
Thank you Pam, I hope you day is filled with love,special thoughts and memories!
I’m pampering myself by visiting you. Have a wonderful day.
How sweet you are, Happy Mother’s Day Linda! >
Yum, Jenna, love the way you decorated it for spring.
Thanks Carole, hope you’re having a lovely day! >
Lovely post! Gorgeous photos. I will have to try your recipe. The check cake pedestal is gorgeous! I would love to find one just like it!
Thanks Valerie, the cake pedestal is from McKenzie-Childs, I’ve had it for a long time. I checked their website and they have a similar one, called Taylor Odd Fellows fluted cake stand, under the Ceramics section in Table and Kitchen on their website http://mckenzie-child.com/ >
Happy Mother’s Day Jenna, I hope you’re having a great day:@)
Hope you had a wonderful Mother’s Day, Jenna! The cake looks,and sounds amazing! I wish I had a slice right now for breakfast. I love that it keeps moist and fresh for a week!
Thanks Kitty, I hope you did too! We did enjoy this cake for breakfast, I meant to try it toasted, but it was gone before I got around to it! >
I so pinned this! YUM!
I would love for you to share this with my Recipes, Crafts, Tips and Tricks Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pluckyrecipescraftstips/
Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!
This is my kind of cake. I like the idea you can make it with whatever and it is quick and easy.
adding lime to the glaze sounds fabulous! Thanks for the idea. I would love to see this on The Pinterest Game. http://www.pinsinantushell.com
I’m saving this recipe for my next baking sesh in the kitchen. I love everything lemon and with a lime glaze? Oh Im there!
I think your Lemon cake looks delicious. I love the way it looks too. I wish I could have seen the cake pan. I love the fruit molded on top..very unique!
I’m sorry, I should have added a picture of the pan! Thanks for visiting!
Lovely cake with citrus. Adding the glaze is perfect. Thanks Jenna for sharing at DI&DI. xo
Sprinkles make everything better!
I love any cake with Lemon, this looks delicious! Thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and have a great day!
Miz Helen