Pecan Maple Loaf

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 3/4 cup butter
• 6 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 cup pecans, roughly chopped
• 3 eggs
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1 lemon, zest of
• 5 tablespoons maple syrup
• 6 tablespoons icing sugar (optional)
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice (optional)
• 2 tablespoons of roughly chopped pecans (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven, grease& line the base of a 9x5 loaf pan with baking/parchment paper.
• 2 sift flour and baking powder into a bowl.
• 3 cut butter into the flour and mix until the mixture looks like fine breadcrumbs.
• 4 add in the sugar and pecans.
• 5 beat eggs together with milk and lemon zest in a seperate bowl.
• 6 stir in maple syrup.
• 7 add this to the flour mixture and gently mix together.
• 8 do not overmix, only until all dry ingredients have become moist.
• 9 the batter should be lumpy.
• 10 pour batter into pan and smooth out the surface of the batter.
• 11 bake in the oven for about 50-60 minutes or until cake is lightly browned.
• 12 to make sure, insert a toothpick into the center of the cake and if it comes out clean then the cake is ready.
• 13 cool cake in pan for at least 10 minutes then turn out and let it cool on the rack.
• 14 (for icing) sift the icing sugar into a small bowl and stir in the lemon juice to create a smooth icing.
• 15 drizzle over the loaf and then sprinkle the chopped pecans over the icing.
• 16 wait until the icing is set then slice.