Recipe

Fresh Lemon Tea Cake Recipe

	Zena824 / All my dishes 2 years, 5 months ago I love teacakes...They are so southern. light and simple...but elegent in their own right.. Prep:20m Cook:75m Servings:16	Zena824
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Ingredients

2 medium size lemons

2 c ups sugar

1 cup butter, softened

3 1/2 cups cake flour (not self rising)

1 1/4 cups milk

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

2 teaspoons lemon extract

6 large egg yolks

1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar

Directions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Grease a 9 inch tube pan.

From 1 lemon, grate peel and squeeze juice; reserve juice for icing later.

In a large bowl, mix at low speed sugar, butter just until well blended; increase speed to high; beat for about 10 minutes until light and fluffy; scrape bowl often.

Reduce speed to low and add lemon peel, cake flour, milk, baking powder, lemon extract, and egg yolks; beat until well mixed; constantly scraping bowl.

Increase speed to high; beat for 2 minutes, ocassionally scraping bowl.

Spoon batter into pan ; bake one hour and 15 minutes or until cake is done.

Cool cake on rack for 10 minutes; remove cake from pan.

Cool completely.

Icing:

In medium bowl mix confectioners sugar and just enough lemon juice to make smooth....

Drizzle this on cake...also garnish with lemon zest from last lemon.

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Comments

godiva 2 years, 5 months ago said:
This sounds like a really nice tea cake. I have book marked it and will be make this before summer is over. This would be really elegant for a ladies luncheon. Thanks.

tpatti 2 years, 5 months ago said:
I love lemon and this sounds terrific, thanks for posting!