Yoghurt lemon syrup loaf

Yoghurt lemon syrup loaf

NZ Herald 29/9/2010

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Ingredients

125 g Butter
3 tsp Lemons
1 cup Caster sugar
3 Eggs
1 cup Self raising flour
½ cup Greek yoghurt

Syrup

2 Lemons
¼ cup Caster sugar
½ cup Water
1 Icing sugar

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 160C.
  2. Cream the softened butter, 3tsp lemon zest and sugar until pale. 
  3. Add the eggs one at a time, beating after each addition.
  4. Fold in the flour and the yoghurt then spoon into a greased loaf tin and bake for approximately 40 minutes or until the loaf springs back when lightly touched.

    Syrup
    Put the lemons (sliced), sugar and water into a saucepan and simmer for 15 minutes or until syrupy. Spoon over the loaf before dusting with icing sugar and serving with extra yoghurt.

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