Marmalade Cake

A delightful loaf cake to be enjoyed with a cup of tea on a wintry afternoon or if you are feeling decadent at breakfast. The citrus taste may transport you to the tropics.

Ingredients:

• 1 1⁄2 sticks butter (3⁄4c.), room temperature

• 3⁄4c. granulated sugar

• zest of one lime

• zest of 1⁄2 orange

• 3 lg. eggs, room temperature

• 1⁄3 c. rough-cut orange marmalade (and

• another 1⁄3 c. below, for Glaze)

• 2 TB. fresh-squeezed orange juice

• 1 1⁄2 c. all-purpose flour, fluff with fork before

• measuring

• 1 1⁄2 tsp. baking powder

• 3⁄4 tsp. salt

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9×5 loaf pan.

2. Cream together butter and sugar with an electric mixer, about 5 min, until light and fluffy.

3. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Stir in 1⁄3 c. marmalade and the orange juice.

4. In another bowl, whisk together dry ingredients. Fold them gently into the batter until just combined.

5. Put batter into loaf pan and bake 50 min. until golden brown ~ knife into center of cake should come out clean.

6. Remove from oven and cool 10 min.

7. While cooling, prepare Glaze: In small saucepan, heat together until melted: 1⁄3c. marmalade, 1 Tb. butter, 1⁄4c. powdered sugar.

8. Stir until smooth. Drizzle over cake, allowing

9. Glaze to drizzle down sides. Cool completely.

   —Laura Anthony