Blueberry Lemon Loaf

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 2/3 cup butter, melted & cooled
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup milk
• 4 tablespoons grated lemon zest
• 2 cups fresh blueberries
• 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 4 tablespoons lemon juice, freshly squeezed
• 1 cup icing, sifted

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 deg f.
• 2 butter two 8 x 4 inch loaf pans and line the bottom and two long sides of the pans with parchment paper. i use one sheet and let it overhang a bit, then use the parchment to lift the loaf out of the pan when ready.
• 3 in a large bowl, beat together the butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla extract until mixed.
• 4 in a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt and stir with a fork.
• 5 add the flour mixture to the egg mixture, alternating with the milk. mix just until combined.
• 6 in the bowl that you mixed the flour in, add the blueberries, lemon zest and 4 tablespoons of flour, tossing gently until coated. the flour will help prevent the berries from sinking to the bottom.
• 7 carefully and quickly fold the berries into the batter, then divide the batter equally between the prepared pans.
• 8 bake in preheated oven for between 45 - 55 minutes, or until a cake taster inserted into the centre of the loafves comes out clean.
• 9 cool the loaves in the pan for 15 minutes, then remove from the pan using the parchment paper handles and let cool on a rack.
• 10 lemon glaze:.
• 11 combine the juice and icing sugar in a bowl and beat with a mixer until smooth. drizzle the top of the cooled loaf with the glaze, letting it pour down the sides.