This delicious lemon lime loaf is perfectly moist with lots of citrus flavors and a thick layer of sweet lemony icing. It’s almost impossible to eat just one piece!
Ingredients
½cupsalted butter, at room temperature
1cupgranulated sugar
3largeeggs
⅔cupplain yogurt
Zest of 1 lemon and 1 lime
2tablespoonsfresh lemon juice
1tablespoonfresh lime juice
1 ½cupsall-purpose flour
1 ½teaspoonsbaking powder
½teaspoonsea salt
The Icing
1 ½ cupspowdered sugar
3tablespoonsfresh lemon juice
2tablespoonsfresh lime juice
1pinchsea salt
Lemon and lime zest, for garnish
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour the inside of a loaf pan.
In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Add the eggs and yogurt, lemon and lime zest, and lemon and lime juice and beat until everything is thoroughly mixed, about 30 seconds.
½ cup salted butter, 1 cup granulated sugar, 3 large eggs, ⅔ cup plain yogurt, Zest of 1 lemon and 1 lime, 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice, 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
In a medium-sized bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, and sea salt. Add it to the large bowl and beat the batter just until everything comes together.
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour, 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder, ½ teaspoon sea salt
Pour the batter into the loaf pan and bake in for 40-50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean.
Remove the loaf from the oven and let it cool in the pan for 10 minutes before carefully turning it out onto a cooling rack.
The Icing
In a small bowl, mix the powdered sugar, lemon and lime juice, and a tiny pinch of sea salt. If you would like it a little thinner, you can add a small splash of water. If you prefer your icing a little thicker, you can add a touch more powdered sugar.
1 ½ cups powdered sugar, 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice, 1 pinch sea salt
Once the loaf is completely cool, pour ⅓ of the icing over top and let it drip down the sides. Wait for the icing to begin to harden, about 10 minutes, then pour over another ⅓. Once the second layer has begun to harden you can pour over the remaining icing.
As soon as you pour the third layer of icing on the cake sprinkle the top with a little lemon and lime zest.