Buttermilk Lime Tea Bread Recipes

LEMON-BLUEBERRY BUTTERMILK TEA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350º. Lightly coat a 9x5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
• In a large bowl, combine butter, oil, and sugar; beat with an electric mixer until smooth. Add egg whites and beat again until smooth.
• In a medium bowl, combine flours, baking powder, and salt. Alternately add flour mixture and buttermilk to the egg mixture, beating after each addition. Add lemon juice, zest, and vanilla. Beat until smooth. Gently fold in frozen blueberries.
• Pour batter into prepared loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour, or until lightly browned. Remove from oven and let cool for 30 minutes before slicing.

LIME LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Cream together margarine, sugar and coconut extract.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time, until well blended.
• Blend in buttermilk.
• Sift in flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• Add lime rind and stir until just moistened.
• Pour batter into a greased and floured 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pan and bake about 35 minutes until it tests done.
• Cool in pan 5 minutes then glaze immediately.
• GLAZE: Combine lime juice, coconut extract and sugar in a saucepan over low heat until sugar is dissolved, brush over hot cake until all is asborbed.

BUTTERMILK-LIME TEA BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Grease bottom and sides of 8x4- or 9x5-inch loaf pan with shortening or spray with cooking spray; lightly flour.
• 2. In medium bowl, mix flour, 3/4 cup sugar, the baking powder and salt; set aside.
• 3. In another medium bowl, stir egg, buttermilk, oil, lime peel and 1 tablespoon of the lime juice with spoon until well blended. Add buttermilk mixture to flour mixture and stir just until moistened (some lumps will remain). Spread in pan.
• 4. Bake 50 to 60 minutes or until golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Meanwhile, in small bowl, mix remaining 2 tablespoons lime juice and 1 tablespoon sugar.
• 5. Brush lime juice mixture over top of warm bread. Cool in pan on cooling rack 10 minutes; remove bread from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour. When completely cool, wrap in plastic wrap. Bread is best served the next day.
• 6. ** NOTE: For a tasty spread, stir a tablespoon of sugar and a teaspoon of grated lime peel into a small tub of spreadable cream cheese.