Fuddland

From a recipe at Chef2Chef.

Ingredients

Loaf

• 1/2 cup of unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup of finely chopped lemon balm
• 1 cup of sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 pinch of salt
• 1 1/2 cups sifted flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 grated rind of lemon
• 1/4 cup of chopped nuts [optional]

Glaze

• 1 juice of lemon
• 1/2 cup of sugar
• 1/2 cup of water
• 1/4 cup of finely chopped lemon balm

Instructions

Cream butter with lemon balm leaves. Add sugar and beat well. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Preheat oven to Gas Mark 4 [350 F, 178 C]. Pour batter into a greased bread tin. Bake for 30 to 45 minutes, depending upon tin size, or until loaf tests done with a toothpick/skewer.

Mix all glaze ingredients together. After the bread is removed from the oven, pour the glazeover it and allow to sit in the bread tin for four to six hours. Wrap the bread in foil and allow to ripen overnight before serving or freeze immediately.