Raspberry Lemon Loaf Cake is a Moist Lemon Cake studded with Raspberries and Covered in a Lemon Glaze. This easy Raspberry Lemon Loaf Cake Recipe will be your new favorite midnight snack or lunchtime treat!
Growing up lemon drizzle cake was a popular dessert my mom made, I don't even know if we considered it a dessert more a snack? Probably where my love of sweets all the time comes from. As I've grown up I began to love raspberries even more so when I decided to throw some raspberries into this lemon loaf cake I was very happy.
This loaf cake recipe is perfect for dessert, an afternoon tea party, a sweet treat in your lunchbox or a midnight snack.
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I originally posted this recipe in 2014 but I have updated the recipe a bit and the photos a lot! Scroll down to see step by step photos of how to make this raspberry lemon loaf cake recipe. I hope you enjoy it!
📖 How do you make the cake?
With any cake recipe always start by preparing your pan. There's no point in making a cake if you can't get it out of the pan, in its proper shape! I like to use Baker's Joy Cooking Spray since it has flour in it as well. Make sure you coat your 9X5 Loaf pan heavily, then set it aside.
Baking is a science and to really achieve the best results I highly recommend investing in a kitchen scale. This OXO Kitchen Scale is the one I use and is also the number one recommended kitchen scale by Cook's Illustrated. Think about it -what one person scoops into a "cup" is completely different from what someone else scoops!
In a medium bowl combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. Then in a bowl of an electric mixer combine sugar and butter for 3-4 minutes, so it's nice and fluffy.
Add in eggs one at a time. Mix in lemon rind and juice.
Once the lemon has been added the mixture may look curdled, that is fine. Fold in dry mixture.
Once the dry ingredients are mixed, just until no flour streaks remain, gently fold in the Greek yogurt or sour cream.
Finally, fold in the raspberries. If you are using frozen make sure they stay frozen until you add them to the batter, otherwise they will bleed heavily into the yellow batter.
Bake for 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Everyone's oven is different. When I first started making this recipe back in 2014 my other oven-cooked a lot quicker and I was baking this at 45 minutes, now it takes me over an hour, so please just use your best judgment and test it before taking it out! I like to use a knife or toothpick to check for no wet batter.
Let the lemon cake cool on wire rack for at least 30 minutes before starting glaze.
🍋 How do you make a lemon glaze?
The lemon glaze is really my favorite. The only reason I am really here. Forget you cake! Ha!
While your loaf cake is cooling prepare the lemon glaze. In a bowl combine powdered sugar, lemon juice, and lemon zest. Whisk it together, this is a glaze so it is runny.
To make for an easy clean up I recommend putting the cake on a wire rack over a baking sheet and then pouring the lemon glaze, then you catch all the drips.
🍽 How do you store lemon loaf cake?
While this cake can be stored in an airtight container on the counter, I prefer to store it in the fridge. I enjoy a chilled slice and I also live in a warmer climate so food can go off a lot quicker.
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Recipe Card
Raspberry Lemon Loaf Cake
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 70
- Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
- Yield: 10-12 Slices 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Description
Raspberry Lemon Loaf Cake is a Moist Lemon Cake is studded with Raspberries and Covered in a Lemon Glaze. This easy Raspberry Lemon Loaf Cake recipe will be your new favorite snack!
Ingredients
Loaf Cake
- 188 grams (1 ½ cup) All-Purpose Flour
- 1 ½ Teaspoon Baking Powder
- ½ Teaspoon Salt
- 266 grams (1 ⅓ cup) Granulated Sugar
- 6oz (¾ Cup) Unsalted Butter, at room temp.
- 2 Large Eggs, at room temp.
- 3 Tablespoon Fresh Lemon Juice
- 1 heaping Tablespoon Lemon Zest
- 4oz (½ cup) Greek Yogurt or Sour Cream
- 8oz Raspberries (fresh or frozen-if frozen keep frozen until you fold them in the batter)
Lemon Glaze
- 188 grams (1 ½ cup) powdered sugar, sifted
- 3 Tablespoons Lemon Juice
- 1 Teaspoon Lemon Zest
Instructions
Loaf Cake
- Preheat oven to 350F/180C and grease a 9X5 loaf pan.
- In a medium bowl combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
- In a bowl of an electric mixer combine sugar and butter for 3-4 minutes, so it's nice and fluffy. Add in eggs one at a time. Mix in lemon rind and juice. Fold in the dry mixture. Then fold in Greek yogurt, then gently fold in raspberries.
- Bake for 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool on a wire rack for at least 30 minutes before starting glaze.
Lemon Glaze
- While the cake is cooling prepare lemon glaze. In a bowl combine powdered sugar, lemon juice, and lemon rind. Drizzle on top of the cake when it is completely cool. Store cake in an airtight container, store in the fridge to last longer.
Keywords: lemon drizzle cake recipe, raspberry lemon cake recipe
Laura says
Loved this recipe, it was a huge hit! Super flavorful! I'm making it for the second time now but will be trying them as muffins this time!
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Elizabeth Waterson says
Hi Laura, thank you so much for coming back to review the recipe I am so grateful!!! So pleased you enjoyed it 🙂 Happy Weekend! XX Liz
Karen N says
Made this for the 2nd time and did 3/4 raspberries and 1/4 blueberries. Loved it! I asked the family if I should cut back on the sugar in the glaze which I was told “No!, it’s perfect”. Very easy to follow for a non baker! Made the orange one too and that was gone in a few days. One positive thing from this whole COVID mess and being at home is I found you!!
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Elizabeth Waterson says
Thank you so much for coming back to leave a star rating and review Karen, I am so happy you all enjoyed the recipe!! Your comment really made my day 🙂 Take care. XX Liz
Debtfree_yyc says
Delish!!
I made this lovely recipe thud evening using the Greek Yogurt variation and subbed in Robin Hood gf flour and it was PERFECT! Fresh raspberries and fresh squeezed lemon finishes the palate off wonderfully! Thanks for sharing - I will definitely be making this again!
-DFYYC
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Elizabeth Waterson says
Thanks for coming back to review the recipe, I appreciate it more than you know!! So glad you were able to make it work well with GF flour!! XX Liz
Abigail says
Delish! Used buttermilk in place of yogurt and it turned out great
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Elizabeth Waterson says
Hi Abigail, thanks so much for coming back to star rate and review the recipe! I am so pleased you were able to use buttermilk instead and it worked well for you!! Take care. XX Liz
Donna says
Super delicious. I have an addiction for raspberries and lemon. They go together like no other combination. Made the recipe as written except wanted to use up the berries in my fridge so it was raspberries, blackberries and blueberries. Baked for 60 minutes. Made a sling with parchment paper to remove the cake easily. This will definitely be my ‘go to’ recipe. I’m printing it out right now to save. My favorite of all the lemon/berry cake recipes that I’ve made. Thank you.
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Elizabeth Waterson says
Hi Donna, thanks so much for coming back to star rate and review the recipe! I am so pleased you enjoyed the cake, a sling of parchment is a great idea for easy removal. Makes me smile that this is going to be your new go-to!! Success!! Take care. XX Liz
Audrey says
Hi like these two recipes for lemon and orange cakes .haven’t tried them yet they sound fantastic
Question. Years ago had a recipe for orange cake that called for baking soda
Assumed that was because of the acidity of the juices
Can you comment on that
Elizabeth Waterson says
Hi Audrey, thanks for reaching out. That could potentially be the reason yes since baking soda needs to be activated by acid, I have never activated it by just using citrus juice but that could be it, hard to know exactly without seeing the whole recipe. Generally, for quick breads, I use baking powder. Please let me know if you have any further questions or if I can help! And do report back if you try the recipes!! Take care. XX Liz
MARY says
Can I freeze the baked cake?
Lori grinslade says
Absolutely loved this loaf cake and so did everyone else , I also favor the lemon glaze and added candied lemon twist rolled in pink sugar. Lol. My honored guest was very pleased, thank you Elizabeth.
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Ashley says
I wanted to print this recipe for my daughter to bake this with me but when I click on the "print" button it brings up a page with several ads on it and it takes a copious amount of ink and 4 pages for this one (relatively) short recipe. It looks so good and can't wait to try but don't want all the ads staring at us if I print it or just try to view it all one one page. Am I doing something wrong?
Rose says
I originally had the same problem. Don’t go to jump to recipe and hit print. If you do, you get 23 pages with ads to print. You have to scroll down to the recipe and click print there and then print. This way, it’s only 3 pages. Good luck!
Chrissie says
Baking in the oven right now- my oven has hot spots so when I bake is bake it at 15° cooler than a recipe suggests (baking at 335) its browning beautifully on top! I subbed cream cheese w just a little bit of milk to thin it out instead of greek yogurt bc well, I didn’t have any.. it’s going on 90 minutes now bc every time I check the top is still jiggly and the toothpick doesn’t come out clean and dry- is this okay? Should I keep baking until it’s firm and toothpick comes out clean and dry? Anything baking at 350 burns in my oven and I didn’t want to take that chance (bringing it to the in-laws tonight) thanks:)
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Elizabeth Waterson says
Hi Chrissie, so sorry you are having trouble with the baking. If your oven is not properly calibrated and you keep checking it can definitely prolong the baking. And I have never made it with a bit of cream cheese and milk. I would have tented it by placing a greased piece of foil on top so it prevents the top from browning too much but the middle can finish baking. Next time please feel free to Instagram direct message me you can send me photos and we can troubleshoot together. Please let me know how it turns out, crossing my fingers it's beautiful still! XX Liz
Eryn says
Super delicious!! I made this loaf last March at the beginning of lockdown. I really want to revisit this recipe and make it again!
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Elizabeth Waterson says
Hi Eryn, thank you so much for coming back to star rate and review the recipe. I cannot believe it's been a year since then, time has moved so weirdly this year so fast but so slow!! Good thing we can make the cake to enjoy it! Take care XX Liz
Sian says
Beautiful recipe - very easy to follow. Made for a friends birthday and she was really happy!
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Elizabeth Waterson says
Hi Sian, thanks so much for coming back to leave a review, I truly appreciate it! This is my Dad's favorite dessert! So glad your friend enjoyed the cake!! Take care. XX Liz
L. Walsh says
Delicious! I used buttermilk instead of the Greek yogurt, because I had it on hand. I also made 4 mini loaves and baked it for 35 - 40 minutes. I'm addition, I used a toothpick to poke holes on the top of each loaf, so the glaze could seep into the cake. I will definitely be making this again. Next time, I'll use Greek yogurt. I put one of the loaves in the freezer. What do you think about freezing?
Elizabeth Waterson says
I think freezing would be great, I would freeze without the glaze ideally though. Wrap twice in plastic wrap tightly then once on foil. Thaw in the fridge overnight! Please let me know how you get on, so glad you enjoyed the reicpe! Thank you so much for coming back to review it! XX Liz
laura says
I had the same problem as Chrissie - top was browning, getting darker & darker & tooth pick was still coming out with uncooked mix 🙁
I left it in 1hr 20 in the end but when we cut it open there was still too much moisture making the middle more pudding than cake like and the edges were much more browned than ideal. I'm in England so didn't use cups - have you tried the cake with the other measurements as I noticed you switched imperial & metric? The flavour mix was really nice and it'll all get eaten but it was not a presentation piece unfortunately!
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Elizabeth Waterson says
Hi Laura, I am so so sorry that you have had trouble. I recently made three of these loaves in two days and each of them turned out great. I would check your oven is properly calibrated. If your oven is not properly calibrated and you keep checking it can definitely prolong the baking. I would have tented the loaf by placing a greased piece of foil on top so it prevents the top from browning too much but the middle can finish baking. I always personally use a scale and measure liquid in ounces and dry ingredients in grams. I don't like baking with "cups" I find it's too inconsistent. Please let me know if you have any other questions or if I can help with anything, I am so very sorry it didn't work out. XX Liz
Gurpreet Kaur says
Loved it. The perfect balance of lemon and raspberry. No words to explain how moist and fluffy it was.
Thank you so much
Elizabeth Waterson says
Yay! Thanks so much for coming back to review the recipe!! Lemon and raspberry are such a great flavor combo!! Take care. XX Liz
Mekah says
This turned out really weird. I made it twice, one with raspberries and one without. The raspberries became really mushy and not very appetizing... I used fresh so maybe frozen would be better. Also, both of them sunk in the middle. My leavening was good, my oven is good, and I've never had this problem before so I'm not sure why it happened.
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Elizabeth Waterson says
Hi Mekah, I am so sorry to read you had issues with the recipe. Cakes sinking can be a few different reasons, I would double-check that your oven is calibrated correctly a few degrees can make a big difference, usually, the sinking is caused by the cake not being fully cooked, which can be because the oven isn't set to the proper temperature or if the oven door has been opened multiple times it can let the hot air our reducing the temperature drastically. Also, you want to make sure you don't overbeat your batter, that your ingredients were measured properly and that they were at room temperature. I am sorry I cannot pinpoint it exactly for you but hopefully, this helps. Please let me know if I can help with anything else! XX Liz
Rose says
Hi,
I was invited by a friend to stay at their family vacation house. I’m wondering if this could be made in a Bundt pan?
Rose
Elizabeth Waterson says
Hi, Rose thanks for reaching out. I have never made this in a bundt pan, but you could try doubling the recipe for a 10-cup bundt pan and for the bake time I would guess 45-60 minutes but seeing as I have never made it I cannot promise you this will turn out. Please let me know if I can help with anything else and please report back if you try I would love to know your results! Thanks, XX Liz
Chris says
I made this cake and came out amazing! Perfectly moist with a nice subtle lemon flavor. When you a raspberry in a bite it’s wonderful. The icing adds quite a bit of sweetness but also has a nice tartness to it. Definitely recommend this recipe!
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Sara says
This is DELICIOUS! Do you think it is possible to turn it into a birthday cake with some king of frosting? This idea is stuck in my head!
Thank you!
Elizabeth Waterson says
Hi Sara, thanks for reaching out, so glad you enjoyed the cake. Since this is a loaf-style cake it's quite thick and dense, not super ideal for a layer cake. But you could. I know plenty of people who make it as a loaf and then really decorate the top pretty. Let me know if you have any other questions, always happy to help where I can! Thanks! XX Liz
Cat says
I just finished making 3 loaves. I have to say, this is delicious! This will be one of my Christmas breads I’ll make every year. Thank you so so much for sharing this recipe. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!
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Elizabeth Waterson says
Aww yay!! Thank you so much for coming back to leave a star rating and review. It really helps my business, so thank you!!! And the best compliment to hear you will make it 3evbery year!! I hope you're having a lovely Christmas and Happy New Year! XX Liz
Marah L. says
The raspberry bread was a total flop, which I'm pretty sure would not have happened if the recipe had called for just frozen berries. Because the recipe gave the option of fresh raspberries I went with that. What happened was the fresh berries steamed and added extra water into the bread creating pockets in the bread and when the bread went through its cooling cycle the pockets collapsed and the bread fell in and though I could tell the flavor was excellent, the texture was gummy and inedible. Please adjust your recipe to use frozen berries only. Thanks.
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Elizabeth Waterson says
Hi Marah, in the video of this recipe on this page you can see I use fresh raspberries. I would presume you needed to bake your cake longer, each oven works a little differently. I am so sorry yours did not turn out properly. But it is not because of the fresh or frozen, I have made this cake numerous times with both. Please let me know if you have any questions, I would love to help you make this recipe! XX Liz
Merrill Dellas says
Followed directions to the EXACT! Baked for 70 minutes and it turned out beautifully! I just had a piece (well 2!) because I am taking this to dinner/movie night with friends. It's soooo delicious! I used GF flour 1:1 and you can NOT tell the difference for those gluten free peeps reading this! Moist and delicious! This one is a KEEPER for the "files!" It's posted on my instagram!
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