Baking Bliss- Blueberry and Lemon Loaf.

Blueberries have always been one of my favourite fruits. A delicious little ball of superfood packed with antioxidants and all sorts of goodness. I had some frozen ones in my freezer that needed to be used up, so I finally got to make something I've had my eye on for a while now- a Blueberry and Lemon Loaf from Taste. Sooo good! 

Blueberry and Lemon Loaf from Taste. 

Ingredients (serves 10)

• 170g butter, softened
• 3/4 cup (180g) caster sugar
• 1 lemon, rind finely grated
• 3 eggs
• 3/4 cup (120g) plain flour, sifted
• 1 cup (100g) Lucky almond meal
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 2 tbs milk
• 150g fresh blueberries
• 3/4 cup (125g) icing sugar, sifted
• 1 1/2 tbs fresh lemon juice

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 160 °C. Line a 10cm x 20 cm loaf pan with nonstick baking paper. Use an electric beater to beat the butter, caster sugar and lemon rind until it is pale and creamy.
2. Beat in the eggs gradually. Fold in the flour, almond meal, baking powder and milk.
3. Fold in the blue berries. Spoon into the pan. Smooth the surface. Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until crumbs cling to a skewer when inserted. Set aside for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
4. Combine the icing sugar and lemon juice until smooth. Spoon over the cake. Set aside to set.

Mine certainly didn't need 1 hour and 10 minutes, in fact I probably could have pulled it out after 50 minutes. This loaf has a perfect citrusy tang to it and next time I think I'll thrown in around 200g of blueberries instead of 150g. I took this into work for morning tea, where it was scoffed down instantly with a cup of tea. This one was definitely a winner!