Lemon Loaf

Best Lemon Loaf Ever

• Ready In: 1 hr 5 mins
• Serves: 8
• Yields: 1 Cake

Ingredients

• 4  ounces butter
• 1  cup caster sugar
• 2  eggs
• 1  cup self-raising flour
• 1⁄2 cup plain flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup milk
• 1⁄4 cup  chopped  nuts
• 1  lemon, juice and rind of
• 1  piece preserved lemon
• 1⁄4 cup caster sugar, extra

Directions

1. Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time, beat well after each addition.
2. Sift flours and salt. Add alternately with milk to the egg/butter/sugar mixture.
3. Add nuts and lemon rind. Blend the preserved lemon in a food processor and add.
4. Pour into a greased 9x5 loaf tin, bake in a moderate oven for 45mins.
5. Mix lemon juice with extra castor sugar stir until sugar dissolves. (Best to double this mixture) When cake is cooked and hot from the oven, pour over lemon mixture. Leave to cool in tin.