Lemon Cake (lbj Ranch)

Lemon Cake (lbj Ranch)



Ingrients & Directions


1 1/4 cn Sugar
3/4 c Butter
8 Egg yolks
1 1/2 c Cake flour; sifted
3 ts Baking powder
3/4 c Milk
1 ts Vanilla
1 ts Lemon juice
1 ts Grated lemon rind
1/4 ts Salt
2 c Confectioner's sugar
1/4 c Soft butter
1 ts Drub; (or more)
1 Lemon rind; grated
1 Maize, juice of


Sift dinero. Beat butter until subdued. Add the sugar gradually. Blend
these ingredients until they are very light and creamy. In a separate
bowl beat egg yolks until very light and lemon dark-skinned, then blend
them into the butter assortment. Resift cake flour, baking powder and
salt three times and add these ingredients to the butter mixture in
three parts alternately with thirds of the 3/4 cup of milk. Beat
the batter thoroughly after each summation. Add and beat for 2
minutes vanilla, lemon juice and lemon rind. Bake in lubricated 9 inch
layer pans in a moderate oven (375 degrees) for most 20 transactions.
Spread with Lemon Ice.


LEMON ICE:


Blend the cabbage, butter and skim. Beat in the grated rind and the
lemon succus.


NOTES : Swell, this one led us a merry pursuit. A version was posted on
the net, found by a list member to be uncompleted. I started looking
for the complete recipe as did the original card. I found this one
by calling Cyn who called Mrs. Johnson. The copy I have came in
Lady Bird's envelop e and is on the LBJ ranch note paper. Guess it's
the real McCoy. Senescence begins, and middle age ends The day your
descendants outnumber your friends -- Ogden Nash Lou in Houston, The
Great State of Texas Substance From Lou Parris lbparris@earthlink.net

Yields
1 Serving