Buttermilk Cake
photo by Nimz_
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Yields:
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1 cake
- Serves:
- 12-16
ingredients
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CAKE
- 2 1⁄2 cups flour, plus
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup butter flavor shortening
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1⁄4 teaspoon lemon extract
- 1 cup buttermilk
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GLAZE
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1⁄4 cup orange juice
- 1⁄4 cup lemon juice
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
directions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Grease and flour a tube cake pan. The one I use has a removable bottom and a very large center hole.
- Sift dry ingredients together.
- Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs one at a time. Mix until just incorporated.
- Mix in dry ingredients until just incorporated.
- Stir lemon juice and lemon extract into the buttermilk. Mix into cake batter just until incorporated.
- Pour cake batter into the prepared tube cake pan, place pan on a half sheet covered with aluminum foil and bake for one hour.
- While cake is cooking, mix together glaze ingredients.
- When one hour is up, slowly pour glaze over cake and return cake to the oven for three more minutes.
- Remove cake from oven and let sit for eight minutes. Then remove from pan.
- Serve at room temperature. It's best prepared several hours or even a day ahead.
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Reviews
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After looking at Annacia's photo, I was a little disappointed in the presentation of the cake. The cake itself was just wonderful, but when I added the glaze as per the instructions, instead of sitting on top like the photo, it sunk into the cake, which made the cake very moist and gave an appearance of not being done, which it was. Next time I will let the cake cook slightly, remove it from the pan, then add the glaze topping. I think that will work better for me.
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Gorgeous cake!. I made it for DH and as he prefers a sheet cake to bundt or layers I made this in a 13x9 pan. Everything else was right by the recipe. The cake is a very lovely mild lemon flavor and light as a feather and so perfect for summer. In a sheet it took about 40 mins to bake and came out golden and fluffy.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
puppitypup
Sutherlin, Oregon
My name is Julie, and I love to cook. I've even gotten to the point where I don't mind the dishes!