Cake: Lemon Loaf Cake
Source of Recipe
4 on 4
List of Ingredients
1 1/2 c All-purpose flour
1 1/4 ts Baking powder
3/4 ts Ground ginger
1/4 ts Salt
1 c Granulated sugar
Rind (colored part only) of
-2 lemons
6 oz Unsalted butter, softened
3 oz Cream cheese, softened
2 lg Eggs
8 oz Lemon yogurt
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1/2 c Confectioner's sugar
5 ts Fresh lemon juice
Recipe
1. Heat oven to 325 degrees. Grease an 8 1/2-by 4 1/2-inch
loaf pan
and dust lightly with flour. Sift together flour, baking
powder,
ginger and salt; set aside.
2. Sprinkle several tablespoons of granulated sugar on a
cutting
board. Add lemon rind and chop as fine as possible.
Transfer to a
large mixer bowl and add remaining granulated sugar,
butter and cream
cheese. Beat on high speed until light and fluffy, 3
minutes. Add
eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Add
yogurt and
mix well. Stop the mixer and add dry ingredients. Mix just
until
combined.
3. Transfer batter to prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick
inserted
in the center comes out clean, 60 to 70 minutes. Cool in
pan for 5
minutes then invert onto a wire rack.
4. Make glaze by mixing confectioner's sugar and enough
lemon juice
to make a glaze. Pour over warm cake.
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