zesty lemon loaf
Ingredients
- Servings: 2
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 tablespoons -based orange liqueur (such as grand marnier®)
- 3 tablespoons grated lemon zest
- 1 1/4 cups buttermilk
- 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
- 3/4 cup white sugar
Recipe
Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 50 mins
Ready Time: 1 hr 40 mins
- preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). lightly grease 2 loaf pans.
- sift together the flour, baking powder, ground ginger, and salt in a bowl; set aside. cream together the butter and 2 cups sugar in a separate large bowl; beat in the eggs. stir in the lemon zest and orange liqueur. add the buttermilk. add the flour mixture while whisking gently. pour the mixture into the prepared loaf pans.
- bake in the preheated ovens until a toothpick or small knife inserted in the crown comes out clean, about 50 minutes. remove from pans and move to a cooling rack.
- whisk together the lemon juice and 3/4 cup sugar until the sugar dissolves. gently drizzle the mixture over the hot loaves. allow the loaves to cool completely before serving.
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