Tuesday, April 17, 2012

TWD & BWJ: When Life Hands You Lemons....

....Make Lemon Loaf Cake.  Our hosts this week are Truc and Michelle.  If you enjoy a lemony, easy treat, you will be able to find the recipe on their blogs. 

We are big lemon fans in our house. From an early age, my elder daughter has preferred lemon tart to birthday cake. (In fact, when she discovered that I was baking Lemon Loaf Cake, she asked if I couldn't make lemon squares instead. Oh well.)
With a little forethought, this recipe is a snap. Eggs and cream brought to room temperature -- yes. Butter melted and cooled to room temperature -- yes. Lemons zested -- yes, again.  Then, with only a whisk and bowl it all comes together so easily. 
The comments on Lemon Loaf Cake from my fellow bloggers were very helpful. I enjoy lemon treats on the tart side. Enough people commented on the mild lemon flavor, so I added the zest of a fourth lemon, a little extra lemon juice and made a glaze from lemon juice and confectioner's sugar. The loaf turned out dense and tart. Yum.

15 comments:

  1. We enjoyed this one, too. And my son took the de-zested lemons and made a lovely pitcher of lemonade!

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    1. Smart man (or boy?), your son. We used to make lemonade alot when we had a juicer. but then we moved and gave it away. Oh well.

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  2. I'm glad you enjoyed it!! Yuuuuuum!!

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  3. We had the same ideas! I think our additions made it great!

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  4. Hi. Thank you for having left your comment on my blog.
    I'm so pleased you liked it - it looks delicious.

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  5. The glaze and extra zest was a smart addition. :)

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  6. You turned out a delicious loaf my friend - looks wonderful!

    Cheers
    Choc Chip Uru

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  7. Your daughter has good taste if she likes lemon tarts! I haven't searched the book yet, but I hope we get to make one of those too.

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  8. Looks delicious, good idea to add more lemon.

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  9. The more I ate of this cake, the more i really like it. And such an easy recipe. I just wished I had made a glaze too!

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  10. I am with your daughter - lemon tarts are amazing.

    Nice job,

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  11. Did you also bake the lemon tarts? Sorry I had to ask :) I also enjoyed the simplicity of the recipe.

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    1. not yet. But there is a lemon tart recipe in Patricia Wells' Bistro Cooking that is wonderful.

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  12. This recipe has nothing on lemon squares! I love Emily Luchetti's recipe for lemon squares. Is this the same as yours? She is the only one I know that calls them squares rather than bars.

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