Famous Lemon Cake
Author/Submitted by: Poppy Cannon's White House Cookbook Servings: 1 Categories:
Cakes
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Desserts
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Frozen
Ingredients: 3/4
cup
butter or margarine 1 1/4
cups
sugar 8
egg yolks 2 1/2
cups
cake flour 3
teaspoons
baking powder 1/4
teaspoon
salt 3/4
cup
milk 1
teaspoon
vanilla 1
teaspoon
grated lemon rind 1
teaspoon
lemon juice
Directions:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Cream butter with sugar until light and fluffy. In a separate bowl, beat egg yolks until light and lemon colored; blend into creamed mixture. Sift together cake flour, baking powder and salt; resift 3 times. Add the sifted ingredients in thirds, alternating with milk. Add vanilla, grated lemon rind and lemon juice and beat 2 minutes. Bake in a greased Bundt pan for 1 hour or until a straw inserted in the center comes out clean.
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