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Lemon Gold Cake
2 cups sifted cake flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup butter or solid all-vegetable shortening, softened
1 cup sugar
3 egg yolks, beaten until thick and lemon colored
3/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla or 1/8 teaspoon lemon extract
Luscious Lemon Frosting, recipe follows
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease and flour 2, 9 inch diameter layer pans.
Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder and sift together 3 times. Cream butter thoroughly, adding sugar gradually, cream until light and fluffy. Add yolks and beat well. Add flour alternately with milk, a small amount at a time. Beat well.
Bake in prepared pans 25 to 30 minutes. Spread Luscious Lemon Frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake. Double recipe to make 3 10 inch layers.
Luscious Lemon Frosting:
3 teaspoons grated orange zest, thinnest colored part of peel only
dash of salt
3 tablespoons butter, softened
3 cups powdered sugar, sifted
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon water
Add orange zest and salt to butter and cream well. Add part of sugar gradually, blending after each addition until smooth. Add juice and water.
Makes enough frosting to cover tops and sides of layers. For a deeper yellow frosting, tint with yellow food coloring.
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Lemon Gold Cake
2 cups sifted cake flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup butter or solid all-vegetable shortening, softened
1 cup sugar
3 egg yolks, beaten until thick and lemon colored
3/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla or 1/8 teaspoon lemon extract
Luscious Lemon Frosting, recipe follows
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease and flour 2, 9 inch diameter layer pans.
Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder and sift together 3 times. Cream butter thoroughly, adding sugar gradually, cream until light and fluffy. Add yolks and beat well. Add flour alternately with milk, a small amount at a time. Beat well.
Bake in prepared pans 25 to 30 minutes. Spread Luscious Lemon Frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake. Double recipe to make 3 10 inch layers.
Luscious Lemon Frosting:
3 teaspoons grated orange zest, thinnest colored part of peel only
dash of salt
3 tablespoons butter, softened
3 cups powdered sugar, sifted
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon water
Add orange zest and salt to butter and cream well. Add part of sugar gradually, blending after each addition until smooth. Add juice and water.
Makes enough frosting to cover tops and sides of layers. For a deeper yellow frosting, tint with yellow food coloring.
Note: This recipe is part of a user's personal recipEbox. It is not part of the CDKitchen collection.
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