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Lemon loaf with orange glaze and orange slices

Lemon loaf with orange glaze and orange slices

Course Dessert
Cuisine Lithuanian Cuisine
Keyword lemon loaf, loaf, orange, orange glaze, orange slices
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes

You will need

For a lemon loaf

  • 110 g butter room temperature
  • 180 g white sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 100 ml milk
  • 300 g flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 0,5 teaspoon salt
  • Juice of half lemon
  • Zest of half lemon
  • Handful of raisins

For an orange glaze

  • 3 tablespoons of orange juice
  • 2 tablespoons of melted
  • 100 g icing sugar
  • Orange slices for decoration

Instructions

  1. First of all, take a large bowl, cream together room temperature butter and sugar (if mixed with a whisk – on medium speed) until it becomes light and very creamy.

  2. After creaming the butter well, add in two large eggs, one at a time, and mix until completely incorporated. After this, slowly mix in milk and lemon juice (if using stand mixer, mix it on low speed).

  3. In a separate bowl, add flour, baking powder, salt, and zest of a lemon and stir together. Gradually add dry ingredients to the wet, and mix until just combined. Add a handful of raisins and mix everything once again.

  4. Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Grease a 9x5 loaf pan with butter or put in a piece of baking paper.
  5. Pour batter into greased loaf pan, and bake for 40-50 minutes, until it will be gently brown.
  6. Remove from oven and allow to cool for couple of minutes before removing from the loaf pan.
  7. Prepare orange glaze. In a small bowl, mix together the juice from one orange, 2 tablespoons of melted butter, and 50 g icing sugar. If needed, add more of icing sugar. The glaze should be not too runny, slowly flow.
  8. Drizzle orange glaze over loaf. Add orange slices on top for decorate the loaf. Sprinkle some of icing sugar on the top.

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