Tuesday, April 17, 2012

TWD: Lemon Loaf

I love cookbooks. I buy cookbooks. I read cookbooks but this is the most I have made out of one cookbook. Here comes my post screaming in at the last minute. We are getting closer to wedding activities and spent the weekend visiting with new In-Laws. We have been eating so much it is kind of a joke that I am trying "NOT" to loose any weight before the wedding. My first thought was I would just skip it completely. It seemed like it was going to take too long and be a huge mess. In reality it just wasn't that hard. The lemon loaf from Baking with Julia comes together in no time at all.
 I was hoping it would be really, really lemony but since I read in some of the chatter that it just wasn't that lemony, I added the zest to the sugar. I let this sit together for a good hour. It smelled heavenly and tasted like lemon.
 I did not have cake flour. I couldn't even find it in the store. Again I headed back to the chatter where someone posted a little trick of adding cornstarch to the flour....ta da cake flour. The batter bowl and spoon were delicious. Someone had to test it!  Very lemony and creamy. I didn't even have to share.
 The final product came out looking just like it was suppose too (at least from the pictures). I thought it was very good tasting. I added a limocello glaze. I think this would be lovely as a base for a strawberry short cake. A couple slices with berries sauced over it would really set it off. Instead I opted for a cup of coffee and just enjoyed it. Head to Tuesdays With Dorie to read all the clever suggestions of things to add. I personally think next time I would throw in some blueberries.....delicious.

4 comments:

  1. Limoncello glaze - what a terrific idea!! Oh, and blueberries do sound like a great idea! Great job!

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  2. Your loaf looks lovely. I loved the taste, but my loaf came rather flat. Like you, I have many cookbooks, but this one takes the prize for most recipes tried in the shortest amount of time.

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  3. Your cake came out very nicely.
    Cookbooks can be a bit of an addiction, can't they? (one of which I am guilty...)

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    1. I'm her daughter and when they remodeled the kitchen we even found an old school jello recipe book! (we pray she doesn't make anything from it)

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