Description
This loaf is buttery, moist, and full of flavor. The sweet/tart lemon drizzle really puts it over the top. Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 1 cup white sugar
- ½ cup butter, softened
- 2 eggs
- 1 lemon, juiced and zested
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup milk
- ½ cup flaked coconut
- ¾ cup confectioners’ sugar
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice, or more as needed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 4×8-inch loaf pan.
- Beat white sugar and butter in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs
- one at a time
- beating well after each addition. Stir juice and zest of one lemon into butter mixture.
- Mix flour
- baking powder
- and salt in a separate bowl; add to butter mixture alternately with milk
- mixing until batter is just incorporated. Fold in coconut
- mixing just enough to evenly combine. Pour the batter into prepared loaf pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean
- 60 to 65 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
- Gradually stir 2 teaspoons lemon juice into confectioners’ sugar in a bowl until mixture is thin enough to drizzle. Transfer mixture to a resealable plastic bag. Cut a small hole in the corner of the bag. Gently squeeze bag and drizzle mixture evenly over the loaf.
Prep Time: 25 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr
Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins
Servings: 10