Ingredients

• 125 grams butter
• ¾ cup caster sugar
• 3 grated rind lemons
• 1 egg
• ½ cup sour cream
• 1¾ cups self-raising flour
• ¼-½ cup mixed peel
• ¼ cup milk
• 2 tblsp lemon juice

Method

1. Beat the butter, sugar and lemon rind to a cream. Add the egg and beat well.
2. Beat in the sour cream. Fold in the sifted flour and peel alternately with the milk and lemon juice.
3. Spread into a well-greased and floured 10 cm x 20 cm loaf tin.
4. Bake at 180°C for 40 minutes until cooked when tested. Stand 5 minutes before turning out on a cake rack to cool. Ice with lemon icing if wished.