Sweet Lime Bread - Orange County Register

Bread:

• 1/2 pound butter softened (2 sticks)
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 tbsp grated lime peel
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 1 cup milk

glaze:

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 tbsp lime juice
• finely shredded lime peel

preheat oven to 350. lightly grease two 8.5'' by 4.5'' loaf pans.
mix flour, baking powder, and salt. in separate bowl mix eggs and milk. in third large bowl cream butter, sugar and lime peel. in 3 installments mix the wet and dry ingredients alternatively into the third large bowl. mix well with each addition.
divide dough into two halves in the two loaf pans. cook for 55 minutes or until golden and toothpick leaves loaf clean.

to make glaze mix 3 ingredients in small pan and cook over low heat stirring til sugar is dissolved. as soon as cake leaves oven, poke holes in it and drizzle glaze on top. allow bread to cool on cooling rack for 10 minutes. remove from pans. cool completely on racks.