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- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes,rec.food.cooking
- From: japlady@nwu.edu (Rebecca Radnor)
- Subject: LEMON LOAF CAKE
- Message-ID: <199412060720.AA273338443@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 6 Dec 1994 07:20:46 GMT
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- LEMON LOAF CAKE
- Preparation time: 20 minutes
- Cooking time: 70 minutes
- Yield: One loaf cake
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- Dense, with a fine crumb, this cake sparkles with a fresh taste.
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- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- Rind (colored part only) of 2 lemons, removed with a vegetable peeler
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 small package (3 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 2 large eggs
- 1 carton (8 ounces) lemon yogurt
- Glaze:
- 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
- 4-5 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
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- 1. Heat oven to 325 degrees. Grease an 8 1/2-by 4 1/2-inch loaf pan and
- dust lightly with flour. Sift together flour, baking powder, ginger and
- salt; set aside.
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- 2. Sprinkle several tablespoons of granulated sugar on a cutting board. Add
- lemon rind and chop as fine as possible. Transfer to a large mixer bowl and
- add remaining granulated sugar, butter and cream cheese. Beat on high speed
- until light and fluffy, 3 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well
- after each addition. Add yogurt and mix well. Stop the mixer and add dry
- ingredients. Mix just until combined.
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- 3. Transfer batter to prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the
- center comes out clean, 60 to 70 minutes. Cool in pan for 5 minutes then
- invert onto a wire rack.
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- 4. Make glaze by mixing confectioner's sugar and enough lemon juice to make
- a glaze. Pour over warm cake.
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