A must try you won't be sorry this is the best blueberry loaf I've ever made or tasted!
BEST EVER BLUEBERRY LEMON LOAF!
I really believe this is my favorite quick bread of all time. I love dense fruity cakes with tea and coffee.
I am not one for really sweet cakes though.
This one is lemony, a little touch of sweetness, and no frosting.
I will tell you a little secret about why I don't like frosted cakes.
Besides my dear departed dad. I too liked plain cake.
I would bake for him all the time when he was alive. We were the only two that didn't like a frosted cookie, cake in our home.
The plain good ole tasting pound cake with fruit or cream on top was our perfect idea of a dessert treat.
I wished I had known how to make this back then he would have loved it as much as I do.
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Blueberry Lemon Loaf
Yield: 10
Prep time: 15 MCook time: 1 MTotal time: 16 M
This blueberry lemon loaf is addicting, the best quick bread ever! It's sweet, perfect for breakfast or brunch via @whats cookin italian style cuisine
Ingredients:
- 1/3 cup softened butter
- 1 cup of sugar
- 2 eggs
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 tablespoon freshly grated lemon peel
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup overflowing blueberries
Instructions:
- Topping after baking:
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- (for me this is what makes the loaf perfect!)
- Heavily grease a loaf pan and I would also use nonstick and flour.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl using an electric mixer, beat the sugar and butter together a few minutes. Add the eggs, lemon juice till blended.
- At a little at a time add the flour, salt, baking powder, and peel to this wet mixture until blended. Fold in the blueberries.
- Bake for 1 hour or until the middle is the firm using the toothpick method.
- Cool 3 or 4 minutes and invert onto a cooling rack or wax paper before adding lemon/sugar glaze topping.
- NOTE MY PREFERRED TOPPING:
- The sugar glaze adds an extra lemony flavor by using the 1/4 cup sugar and 2 tablespoons lemon juice mixed together and pour over warm loaf.
- Alternate topping garnish: dust with powdered sugar or one other option uses a glaze using powdered sugar, lemon extract, and water frosting.
So chock full of delicious berries!!! I need to make this for my family!!!
ReplyDeleteI love these types of coffee cakes so to speak. Blueberries and lemon make a perfect marriage. I'm sure this is delicious! I will definitely save this recipe to try.
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