Moonfall Cloudberry Loaf

Description

A soft, lightly sweet loaf studded with mythical cloudfall berries that release a floral-citrus aroma when baked. The crumb is tender and pale, with a faint glow from a lunar syrup glaze.

What you need

All-purpose flour
Baking powder
Fine sea salt
Butter, softened
Caster sugar
Eggs
Milk
Cloudfall berries (imaginary golden berries)
Vanilla extract
Lunar syrup (fictional glaze made from night sugar)

How to make

Preheat oven and line a loaf pan.
Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt.
Cream butter and sugar until pale. Beat in eggs one at a time, then vanilla.
Alternate folding in dry ingredients and milk until just combined.
Gently fold in cloudfall berries.
Pour batter into pan and bake until a skewer emerges clean.
Brush warm loaf with lunar syrup and cool before slicing.

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