Lemon Buttermilk Loaf

• Preheat the oven to 180°C. Prepare a loaf tin (15cmx8cm) by greasing it well.
• Using an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar until pale and creamy.
• Set aside a little zest for decorating the top of your loaf and add the remaining lemon zest.
• Add one egg at a time, beating between each addition.
• Sift in the flour, baking powder and salt, and fold gently into the butter mix.
• Set aside a table spoon of lemon juice for the glaze and add the remaining lemon juice to the mixture, then add the buttermilk and fold in.
• Pour into prepared tin and bake for about 30 minutes until cooked through, and a skewer comes away clean.
• Cool fully before glazing.

Glaze

• Mix the icing sugar with lemon juice and drizzle over the top of the loaf and finish off with a sprinkling of zest