Elle's Kitchen: Irish Tea Bread

A Little Sweet Before the Fast

This Tuesday is Fat Tuesday, the last

hurrah before the fast of Lent.  I thought

a little sweet was appropriate.  My cousin

Suzie sent me this recipe, it is from the

Farmers' Almanac but we both have

tweaked it a bit to make it healthier.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter, softened

3/4 cup of sugar

2 eggs

1 1/2 teas. vanilla

1 3/4 cup flour

2 teas. baking powder

1/2 teas. salt

1/2 cup 1/2% milk

powdered sugar for dusting

Preheat oven to 350 F.

Grease and flour a loaf pan.

Cream the butter and the sugar

until light and fluffy.

Beat in eggs, 1 at a time,

then stir in the vanilla.

Combine flour, baking powder and

salt.  Add gradually to the butter

mixture, alternating with the milk.

If too stiff add a bit more milk.

Spread in pan and bake for 30

minutes or until toothpick inserted

in center comes out clean.

Note: Mine took 40 minutes.

Allow the cake to cool in the pan

for 1 hour.  Then turn out on to

serving platter.

Dust with powdered sugar before serving.

Enjoy!

Thanks Suzie!