Lemon Cake Bread With Lemon Glaze
From momofsixil 16 years ago
- 60 minutes to make
- Serves 20
Wonderful lemon cake bread that is not too sweet, not too tart. Its light texture and the delicious glaze that is drizzled on top make it especially yummy...
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar shopping list
- 1/4 cup finely grated fresh lemon peel/zest shopping list
- 1 cup cooking oil- preferably canola shopping list
- 6 eggs shopping list
- 1 2/3 cup all purpose flour shopping list
- 2 teaspoons baking powder shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon salt shopping list
- GLAZE: shopping list
- 2 cups sifted confectioner's sugar shopping list
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract shopping list
- 2 tablespoons softened butter or margarine shopping list
- 3 to 4 tablespoons lemon juice shopping list
- 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon peel/zest shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Grease and lightly flour two 8 x 4-inch loaf pans.
- In large mixing bowl, beat granulated sugar, grated lemon peel, and canola oil.
- Beat for one minute at medium speed with electric mixer.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Stir in by hand the remaining ingredients: flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Stir only until dry ingredients are moistened.
- Pour batter into prepared loaf pans.
- Bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Remove from oven carefully and let cool for ten minutes.
- Remove from pan.
- Cool completely and place on waxed paper before glazing..
- For Glaze:
- In medium mixing bowl, combine confectioner's sugar, vanilla, margarine, lemon juice, and grated lemon peel.
- Beat until mixture has a smooth consistency of a glaze.
- Drizzle over loaves which are placed on waxed paper.
- Makes approximately 1 1/2 cups of glaze.
- Enjoy!
The Rating
Reviewed by 11 people-
Sounds good to me you have my 5. I printed it out to save.
blueeyes68ky
in Owenton loved it
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ooooh I love Lemon SO much! Thanks for sharing!
sunkst21
in McKinney loved it
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Your recipe caught my eye right away. My Mom used to bake a cake very similar to this. Thanks so much for posting your recipe and I am giving you a double generous high 5 because I know how good it is.
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