Recipe

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• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 3/4 cup butter
• 6 tbsp sugar
• 1/2 cup pecans, roughly chopped
• 3 eggs
• 1 tbsp milk
• 1 lemon , zest of
• 5 tbsp maple syrup
• 6 tbsp icing sugar (optional)
• 1 tbsp lemon juice (optional)
• 2 tbsp of roughly chopped pecans (optional)

• 1 Preheat oven, grease& line the base of a 9x5 loaf pan with baking/parchment paper.
• 2 Sift flour and baking powder into a bowl.
• 3 Cut butter into the flour and mix until the mixture looks like fine breadcrumbs.
• 4 Add in the sugar and pecans.
• 5 Beat eggs together with milk and lemon zest in a seperate bowl.
• 6 Stir in maple syrup.
• 7 Add this to the flour mixture and gently mix together.
• 8 Do not overmix, only until all dry ingredients have become moist.
• 9 The batter should be lumpy.
• 10 Pour batter into pan and smooth out the surface of the batter.
• 11 Bake in the oven for about 50-60 minutes or until cake is lightly browned.
• 12 To make sure, insert a toothpick into the center of the cake and if it comes out clean then the cake is ready.
• 13 Cool cake in pan for at least 10 minutes then turn out and let it cool on the rack.
• 14 (For Icing) Sift the icing sugar into a small bowl and stir in the lemon juice to create a smooth icing.
• 15 Drizzle over the loaf and then sprinkle the chopped pecans over the icing.
• 16 Wait until the icing is set then slice.