Lemon Loaf (or Orange Loaf)

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

Ingredients

• 5 tablespoons margarine
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 lemon (or orange)
• 1 pinch salt

Recipe

• 1 grate the rind off the fruit.
• 2 grease loaf tin.
• 3 cream margarine, sugar and egg. add dry ingredients and milk. mix well adding grated rind.
• 4 bake at 350f for 40 to 45 minutes or until inserted knife comes out clean.
• 5 when the loaf comes out of the oven, pick it with a few times with the tip of the knife or a tooth pick. take 1/2 the fruit and squeeze the juice over the cake.
• 6 make glaze with juice of remaining 1/2 fruit and icing sugar.
• 7 option: you can fold in 1/2 cup of frozen blueberries to lemon loaf batter, a little at the time or 1/2 cup frozen or fresh cranberries for the orange loaf.