Shelly's Recipe

RASPBERRY, WHITE CHOCOLATE, AND ALMOND LOAF

Category: Quick Breads

2 1/4 sticks (9 oz) butter
1 1/4 cups caster (superfine) sugar
4 eggs, beaten
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/4 cups ground almonds
Grated zest and juice of 1 lemon
5 oz (1 1/4 cups) raspberries
5 oz white chocolate, roughly chopped
Confectioners sugar, for dusting

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line the bottom of an 8-cup loaf pan with parchment paper. Butter pan and set aside.

Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, a little at a time, until blended. If the mixture seems to be curdling, add a little of the flour. Stir in flour, ground almonds, and lemon zest and juice. Spoon mixture into prepared pan. Scatter raspberries and white chocolate over the batter. Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour & 10 minutes. A toothpick inserted in the center should come out clean.

Cool in pan for 30 minutes. Then, cool completely on a wire rack. Dust with confectioner’s sugar.