Lemon Cream Bread

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter
1 1/4 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
5 1/2 ounces evaporated milk
8 ounces cream cheese
1/4 cup water
1/2 cup pecans
2 tablespoons lemon rind
3/8 cup sugar
1/4 cup lemon juice

Instructions

Cream butter, sugar, and cream cheese until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each one. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk and water, blending well. Fold in nuts and lemon rind. Pour into a greased and floured 9x5x3 inch loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees about 1 hour or until golden brown. Stir sugar with lemon juice until dissolved. Drip over hot loaf. Let stand in pan for 30 minutes. Turn out on a cake rack. Prize winner for sweet quick breads at Del Mar County Fair--1993