Lemon Buttermilk Cake
- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
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2 9x5 loaves
ingredients
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CAKE
- 3 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1⁄2 cups butter, softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
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GLAZE
- 2 lemons, juice and rind
- 1 cup sugar
directions
- GLAZE: Combine rind and juice of two lemons and sugar in bowl. Stir until sugar dissolves. Let stand until cake is baked.
- Preheat oven to 325°F Grease and lightly flour 2 9x5-inch pans. Set aside.
- CAKE: Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda in bowl; mix lightly, set aside.
- Cream together butter and sugar until fluffy.
- Beat in eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Lightly stir in flour mix alternately with buttermilk.
- Stir in lemon juice.
- Turn batter into pans. Bake 55-65 minutes until pick inserted near center comes out clean.
- Cool cake in pan for 10 minutes.
- Puncture cake deeply with skewer in several place while slowly pouring glaze over it.
- Cover cake on pans with plastic wrap nad cool completely.
- Loosen edges with a thin spatula and turn cake out.
- Refrigerate for easier slicing. Can freeze up to 6 weeks.
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