Afternoon Treat Lemon Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 lb butter, soft (125 g)
• 1 cup superfine sugar (250 ml caster sugar)
• 3 eggs
• 3 lemons, rind of, finely grated
• 1/2 cup sour cream (125 ml)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla (5 ml)
• 1 1/2 cups cake flour (375 ml)
• 2 teaspoons baking powder (10 ml)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup sugar (125 ml)
• 5 tablespoons water (75 ml)
• 3/4 cup lemon juice, freshly squeezed (187 ml)

Recipe

• 1 oven: 350 deg f/ 180 deg celsius.
• 2 butter a small bread pan.
• 3 cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• 4 add eggs one by one, and beat well after each addition stir in the grated lemon rind, sour cream and vanilla.
• 5 sift together the flour, baking powder and salt, then stir into the wet mixture.
• 6 mix gently but well, then ladle into the greased bread tin.
• 7 bake 45 - 55 mins, or until a skewer inserted comes out clean. take out, and turn out on to a rack or grid.
• 8 syrup: while bread bakes, put the 3 ingredients for the syrup into a heavy-bottomed pot, and heat to boiling while stirring now and then.
• 9 boil for about 5 minutes, or until slightly thickened.
• 10 pour the hot syrup over the bread.
• 11 cool bread. serve in slices. lovely with fresh filter coffee!