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Lemon Mini Loaf Cakes / Lemon Mini Loaves

Published on September 23, 2024
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Ingredients:

1/2 cup + 2 tbsp plain flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 cup sugar

100 gm unsalted butter, softened

lemon zest from 1 lemon

2 eggs, at room temperature

3 tsp lemon juice

a pinch of salt

For the glaze:

1/2 cup icing sugar

1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice (as required)

Preparation:

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 degree celcius. Grease a 8-12 hole mini loaf cake mould and keep it aside.
  2. Sift together plain flour and baking powder in a bowl and keep it aside.
  3. Add sugar and lemon zest in a bowl and mix well and keep it aside.
  4. In a large bowl, add butter and beat well using an electric beater until light.
  5. Then add sugar-lemon zest mix into this and beat again till creamy.
  6. In another bowl, add eggs and a pinch of salt and beat well using a whisk.
  7. Add this beaten egg little by little to the butter mixture and beat well.
  8. Then add sifted flour and fold gently using a spatula. Do not overmix.
  9. Add 2 tsp lemon juice into this and mix gently until combined.
  10. Divide the batter between the holes in the mini loaf cake mould ( about 2/3 full of batter in each hole).
  11. Bake in the preheated oven for 15-20 minutes or until the toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean. 
  12. Leave them in the tin for 10 minutes, and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely…
  13. To make the glaze, stir together icing sugar and 1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice in a small bowl until smooth.
  14. Then drip the lemon glaze over the loaf cakes and set aside for the glaze to set…

Lemon Mini Loaf Cakes / Lemon Mini Loaves

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Shabbu's Tasty Kitchen
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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup + 2 tbsp plain flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 100 gm unsalted butter, softened
  • lemon zest from 1 lemon
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 tsp lemon juice
  • a pinch of salt
  • 1/2 cup icing sugar
  • 1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice (for glaze)

Instructions

  1. 1
    Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease a mini loaf pan.
  2. 2
    Sift together plain flour and baking powder. Set aside.
  3. 3
    Mix sugar and lemon zest. Beat butter and sugar mixture until creamy.
  4. 4
    Beat eggs separately with salt, then add gradually to butter mixture.
  5. 5
    Gently fold in sifted flour. Add lemon juice and mix lightly.
  6. 6
    Pour batter into moulds and bake for 15-20 minutes until golden.
  7. 7
    Let cool, then drizzle with lemon glaze.

Description

Soft and tangy lemon mini loaf cakes topped with a sweet lemon glaze, perfect for a light dessert or tea-time snack.