Lemon Loaf(Crunchy Lemony Goodness) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. walnuts, chopped
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. margarine
peel of 1 lemon, grated
2 c. white flour
1/4 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
3/4 c. buttermilk
1/4 c. lemon juice
2 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
3 Tbsp. sugar

Preparation

Preheat oven to 375\u00b0.
Grease a loaf pan with margarine.
Cream sugar and margarine, add grated lemon peel and mix until smooth. Mix together flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda; set aside. Add flour mixture to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk mixture.
Do not overmix!
Stir in walnuts.
Pour into loaf pan and bake 30 to 45 minutes or until tester comes out clean.
Let stand in pan 10 minutes.
In a small saucepan, combine 2 tablespoons lemon juice and 3 tablespoons sugar and stir over low heat until sugar dissolves.
Pierce top of cake with a fork, spoon lemon-sugar mixture into holes.
Let cool for easy slicing (a whiff of lemon loaf may cause you to slice the cake warm).