Lemon and blueberry is one of my favourite cake flavours, and I love an easy loaf cake recipe too, so this Lemon & Blueberry Loaf Cake was born! It's a light sponge flavoured with lemon zest and packed with juicy blueberries, then I've drenched it in a zingy lemon juice icing (for flavour and because I like to use all of the lemon!) and then I've piled it high with fresh blueberries. It's a simple, yet impressive bake that is sure to go down well with any crowd!
How to make Lemon & Blueberry Loaf Cake
To make the sponge, mix the butter and sugar together, then mixed in the lemon zest. Then whisk in eggs and milk.
Next whisk in the flour, then gently fold in the blueberries. Put the mixture into a lined loaf tin and bake for 1 hour.
Tips for making the Lemon & Blueberry Loaf Cake:
- I've decorated the cake with a lemon icing, you could leave it plain or decorate with a lemon buttercream
- The cake can be frozen without the decoration, wrap it well and freeze for a maximum of 3 months.
Recommended equipment & ingredients*
- Loaf cake tin
- Mixing bowls
- Kitchen scales
- Cooling rack
- Loaf cake tin liners
- Loaf cake storage box
- Zester
- Citrus juicer
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Lemon & Blueberry Loaf Cake
Ingredients
For the loaf cake
- 200 g Butter or baking spread I use Stork
- 200 g Caster sugar
- 3 Lemons
- 4 Eggs large
- 2 tbsp Milk
- 225 g Self raising flour
- 150 g Blueberries
For decoration (optional)
- 150 g Icing sugar
- 50 g Blueberries
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 160C Fan/180C/350F/Gas Mark 4 and grease and line a 2lb loaf tin
- Mix together the butter and caster sugar using an electric mixer or a spoon until light and fluffy, then mix in the zest of the lemons
- Add the eggs and milk and whisk in until smooth
- Whisk in the flour until fully combined
- Toss the blueberries in a little flour to help stop them from sinking to the bottom of the cake, then gently fold the blueberries into the cake batter
- Pour the mixture into the loaf tin and bake for 1 hour, or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Leave to cool fully
- Juice the lemons then add the juice little by little to the icing sugar until you get a pourable consistency, drizzle it all over the cake
- Pile the blueberries on top
- Store in an airtight container in a cool place and eat within 3 days
Angela Darroch
Good idea.
Kat (The Baking Explorer)
Thanks Angela!
ThisGirlBlogs
the loaf looks delicious! 🙂
Kat (The Baking Explorer)
Thank you!
Susie @ Fold in the Flour
This looks lovely, blueberry and lemon is one of my favourite combinations. 🙂
Kat Buckley
Thanks Susie! Me too it's yummy 🙂
Victoria Lee
I can just imagine sitting down with a bug mug of tea and digging into a slice (or two) of this cake! Thanks for linking up with Feel Good Food!
Kat Buckley
Thanks Victoria!
Laura Loves Cakes
This is a great idea! This cake looks lovely!
Kat (The Baking Explorer)
Thank you Laura!
Stuart Vettese
This loaf looks amazing Kat!
Kat (The Baking Explorer)
Thanks Stuart!
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Your cake sounds delicious. I found your blog through Calendar Cakes.
Kat Buckley
Thanks Laura, glad you like it! Have you entered Calendar Cakes too? Would love to see what you made!
Anonymous
I am looking for a loaf cake recipe (perhaps a banana loaf?) that uses leftover jam/jelly as part of a replacement for the sugar that is creamed into the butter at the beginning of the mixing process. I was thinking of replacing half the sugar with jam. Would it be necessary to add a little more flour to offset the liquid part of the jam?
C Strickley
The bottom bit with some of the blueberries in stuck to the base of the loaf tin (didn't have any liners!) but since the top was flat I turned it over and stuck some bits back on top and then iced it! Looked rustic but was delicious! Will definitely make again - this time with the liners!
thebakingexplorer
I'm really glad it was delicious! I would always recommend using liners, or you could improvise with some baking paper cut to size 🙂
LeMoon
This recipe is perfect!!
thebakingexplorer
Thank you!
Kate Matthews
Delicious! Did not need 3 lemons though. I used the juice of 1 Lemon for the icing. I also decided to add the zest of 1 lemon to the mix to make it extra lemony. Thanks for the brilliant recipe 🙌🏼
thebakingexplorer
Glad you enjoyed it Kate! I like my lemon cake with lots of lemon zest for extra flavour, but of course this is personal preference 🙂