Lemon loaf

Name: Lemon loaf
Yield: 15 servings
Cuisine: Bake
Ingredients: 210.00 g castor sugar; 2.00 eggs beaten; 80.00 ml oil; 5.00 ml lemon zest only; 375.00 ml flour self-raising; 1.00 ml salt; 125.00 ml Buttermilk; 50.00 g sugar; 20.00 ml lemon juice

15 servings

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By Food24 November 03 2009

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Ingredients (9)

210.00 g	castor sugar
2.00	eggs — beaten
80.00 ml	oil
5.00 ml	lemon — zest only
375.00 ml	flour — self-raising
1.00 ml	salt
125.00 ml	Buttermilk

SYRUP

50.00 g	sugar
20.00 ml	lemon juice

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Method:

Preheat the oven to 180 ºC (350 ºF). Grease a medium-sized-loaf tin with margarine.
Cream the castor sugar and eggs together until fluffy and pale yellow.
Add the oil and lemon rind and beat well.
Sift the dry ingredients together and add to the egg mixture, alternating with the milk. Mix well.
Turn into the prepared loaf tin.
Bake for 40 minutes or until the loaf is golden brown on top.
Blend the sugar and lemon juice and bring to the boil.
Pour the syrup over the loaf as soon as it comes out of the oven.