- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1/3 cup white sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup white sugar
- 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 9x5x3 inch loaf pan.
- Beat cheese, 1/3 cup sugar, and 1 egg together well. Set aside.
- Beat remaining 2 eggs in mixing bowl until frothy. Mix in oil, milk, and lemon rind.
- In another bowl measure in flour, 1/3 cup sugar, brown sugar, soda, salt, walnuts. Stir to mix well. Pour all at once into mixing bowl. Stir with milk batter until moistened. Spoon 1/2 batter into greased 9x5x3 inch loaf pan. Spoon on cheese mixture. Cover with remaining batter by dropping small spoonfuls here and there.
- Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour until it tests done. Cool 15 minutes in pan before turning out very carefully to rack.