sweet - Lemon Bread Loaf
Source of Recipe
from an unnamed person at cookingdaily
sweet - Lemon Bread Loaf
2 1/2 cups sifted flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup unsalted butter
1 cup + 1/4 cup granulated white sugar, separated
2 tablespoons finely grated lemon peel
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1/3 cup lemon juice
Heat oven to 325 degrees F.
Sift together flour, baking powder and salt.
Cream butter with 1 cup sugar and lemon peel in a
large bowl.
Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
Sift in flour mixture in 3 parts, alternating with 1/3's
of milk. Mix well.
Pour into a well-greased 9x5x3 inch loaf pan.
Bake for 60 - 70 minutes, until a tester comes out clean.
Just before removing cake from oven, heat lemon juice
with remaining 1/4 cup sugar in a small saucepan until
sugar dissolves.
As soon as cake is done, pierce the top all over with
tongs of cooking fork or a long thin needle.
Pour lemon juice mixture over top.
Let cool on a wire rack for 1 hour.
Remove from pan and let cool on rack 2 hours longer
before serving.
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