Bread, Orange Juice Bread From Elizabeth Point Lodge

By Floridaberry

Ingredients

• For the Icing:
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
• 1/2 teaspoon orange zest
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon orange juice
• 1/3 cup confectioners sugar

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Cream butter and sugar in a large bowl. Beat eggs; add to creamed butter mixture.

Sift together onto waxed paper the flour, baking powder and salt.

In a small bowl, mix the orange juice and milk. Add the liquids alternately with the sifted dry ingredients to the creamed mixture, a little at a time beating well after each addition. Stir the lemon and orange zest into the batter.

Butter a large (1.5 quart) loaf pan. Line the bottom of the pan with waxed paper and butter the paper. Smooth the batter over the waxed paper and bake for 45 minutes, or until the bread springs back lightly when touched in the center.

While bread bakes, combine the lemon and the orange juice with the sugar in a small saucepan and heat until sugar melts; keep warm.

Once the bread has baked, remove from pan and allow to rest for 15 minutes. Remove wax paper. Turn bread to side and cool completely. Just before serving, drizzle icing on bread. Makes one large loaf.