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DESSERTS- CAKES & FROSTINGS
Blueberry Lemon Loaf Cake
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Blueberry Lemon Loaf Cake |
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A delightful
ending to a salmon barbeque...
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2 cups
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CAKE:
flour |
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1½
tsp |
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baking powder |
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¼
tsp |
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salt |
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½
cup |
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butter, softened |
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1
cup |
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granulated sugar |
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2
large |
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eggs |
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1/3
cup |
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milk |
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2
tsp |
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grated lemon peel |
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1
cup |
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fresh blueberries |
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½
cup |
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chopped nuts (optional)
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TOPPING: |
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¼
cup |
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lemon juice |
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1/3
cup |
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granulated sugar |
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1 |
Preheat oven
to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 9x5" loaf
pan. |
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2 |
Sift
together flour, baking powder and salt. Set
aside. |
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With
electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until
fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well
after each. |
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4 |
Add dry
mixture alternately with milk, ending with dry
ingredients. Stir in lemon peel and berries, and
nuts, if desired. |
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Pour batter
into prepared pan and bake for 1 hour or until
bread tests done. While cake is baking, prepare
syrup. Combine lemon juice and sugar in saucepan
and cook 1 minute until sugar is dissolved. Poke
holes in bread with skewer. Turn out bread onto
wire rack. Drizzle syrup over top of bread and
let soak in and dry before slicing. |
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Servings: 8
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Ratings:
***Hey,
This one's a keeper!- would
make it again.
"This was an old family
favorite, but I lost part of the recipe instructions. I was so glad to
find it!! It is a great loaf cake."
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