moist lemon tea bread

Brooklyn, OH
Updated on Jan 11, 2011

This is great with Tea. My favorite with it is a cup of Earl Grey Tea with Cream. My mom loves anything I make with lemon so I am always searching and try to perfect lemon recipes.

prep time 35 Min
cook time 1 Hr
method ---
yield 10 serving(s)

Ingredients

  • BREAD
  • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 - eggs
  • 2/3 cup evaporated milk
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons grated lemon peel, save lemon for later
  • LEMON SYRUP
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup lemon juice, fresh

How To Make moist lemon tea bread

  • Step 1
    Preheat over to 350'F. Grease and flour loaf pan.
  • Step 2
    Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in bowl. Beat eggs, evaporated milk, oil and lemon zest together. Pour egg mixture into flour mixture. Stir just until combined. Pour into loaf pan.
  • Step 3
    Bake 50-55 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Poke holes with skewer numerous times into hot bread piercing it all the way to the bottom. Drizzle carefully the hot lemon syrup over the bread. It will soak into bread. Cool on wire rack for 15 minutes, run knife around the edges of pan. Remove bread from pan and place on wire rack to cool completely.
  • Step 4
    LEMON SYRUP: Combine Lemon Juice and Sugar, cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes stirring constantly until sugar is dissolved completely and a light syrup is formed.
  • Step 5
    Enjoy!

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