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Lemon Cake

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Ingredients

  • Lemon Cake
  • 1/2 lb. butter (softened)
  • 2 c. sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 3 c. flour
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 2 T. tightly packed lemon zest (about 2 lemons)
  • 2 T. fresh lemon juice
  • Note: buy 4-5 lemons for zesting and juice
  • Lemon Icing
  • 1 lb. confectioner’s sugar
  • 1 stick butter (softened)
  • 3 T. packed lemon zest
  • 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice

Details

Servings 12

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325. Grease and lightly flour 10 inch tube pan.
Cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs, one at a time.
Sift flour, soda, and salt. Stir dry ingredients into egg mixture, alternating with the buttermilk.
Add lemon zest and juice.
Pour batter into pan. Bake for about 1 hour until cake tester comes out clean.
Cool cake for 10 minutes in pan and then remove. Spread icing while cake is a little warm.

Icing:
Cream sugar and butter. Mix in lemon zest and juice. Spread on top and bottom of warm cake.

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