Afternoon Treat Lemon Bread

A simple lemon bread, which is a delight with afternoon tea or coffee! Make this when you know that friends are dropping in for a chat!

Oven: 350 deg f / 180 deg celsius.

Butter a small bread pan.

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

Add eggs one by one , and beat well after each addition stir in the grated lemon rind , sour cream and vanilla.

Sift together the flour , baking powder and salt , then stir into the wet mixture.

Mix gently but well , then ladle into the greased bread tin.

Bake 45 - 55 mins , or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.

Take out , and turn out on to a rack or grid.

Syrup: while bread bakes , put the 3 ingredients for the syrup into a heavy-bottomed pot , and heat to boiling while stirring now and then.

Boil for about 5 minutes , or until slightly thickened.

Pour the hot syrup over the bread.

Cool bread.

Serve in slices.

Lovely with fresh filter coffee !.

butter, superfine sugar, eggs, lemons, rind of, sour cream, vanilla, cake flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, water, lemon juice