Orange zest loaf
22/7/2007
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Ingredients
| 125 g | Butter |
| 1 cup | Caster sugar |
| 2 | Eggs |
| ½ cup | Yoghurt |
| 1 | Orange, zest finely grated |
| ¼ cup | Orange juice |
| 1.33 cups | Self raising flour |
| 1 | Orange, sliced to decorate |
Orange icing
| 2 cups | Icing sugar, sifted |
| 1 tbsp | Butter, melted |
| 2 tbsp | Orange juice |
Directions
- Heat oven to 180 degC. Grease a standard loaf tin.
- Place butter and sugar in a bowl and beat until pale and creamy.
- Beat in eggs, stir in yoghurt, orange zest and juice.
- Sift flour over the mixture and fold to combine.
- Pour into the prepared loaf tin and bake for 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
- Leave in the tin for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Ice the cooled loaf with orange icing and decorate with pieces of sliced orange, if desired.
- To make the orange icing, combine all ingredients in a bowl and stir until smooth.
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