Lemon Cake

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Lemon Cake

Ingredients

½ cup butter or margarine

¾ cups sugar

3 eggs

1 cups flour

1 teaspoons baking powder

teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon grated lemon rind

1 teaspoon lemon juice or extract

Food Coloring

Method

1.                  Preheat the oven to 300°.

2.                 Grease and flour loaf pan or layer pans.

3.                  Cream butter and shortening until light and fluffy.

4.                  Gradually add sugar, beating well until fluffy.

5.                  Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.

6.                  Add vanilla and lemon.

7.                  Blend or fold in sifted dry ingredients gradually.

8.                 Pour batter into loaf pan. 

10.              Bake in a 300° oven for approximately 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.

11.              Let cool in pan 10 minutes.

12.              Remove from pan.

13.              Let cool completely on a wire rack.

14.              Optional – Icing, frost, garnish etc. to your choice or likings.

Lemon Cake was prepared, baked and the photos by ShirleyAnn Pearman