Lemon Fruit Twist

Sugar glaze

          Pre heat oven to 180 deg Celsius and lightly grease an oven tray

• Mix 1 Tbs sugar and 1Tbs boiling water
• Sift the flour into a medium bowl and rub in the butter until the mixture resembles bread crumbs
• Stir in the sugar, sultanas and lemon rind. Reserve the lemon for icing.
• Beat egg and add to the flour mix and enough milk to mix a firm dough
• Knead on a lightly floured service until smooth
• Divide the mixture into 3 and roll each third into a roll about 40cm long
• Plait the 3 rolls together
• Place on tray and press ends together to form a round shape
• Bake for 20 minutes. Make sugar glaze. Remove twist from oven at end of 20 minutes and brush with sugar glaze the return to oven for 5 minutes
• Cool and then drizzle with lemon icing. Decorate with chopped peel and cherries.
• Serve warm