Lady Bird Johnson's Lemon Cake

Recipe originally from WBrockman@cox.net.

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 Cups Sugar
• 3/4 Cup Butter
• 8 Egg Yolks
• 2 1/2 Cups Sifted Cake Flour
• 3 Teaspoons Baking Powder
• 3/4 Cup Whole Milk
• 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• 1 Teaspoon Lemon Juice
• 1 Teaspoon Grated Lemon Rind
• 1/4 Teaspoon Salt

Directions

• Sift sugar and be sure there are no lumps.
• Beat butter until soft, then add the sugar gradually.
• Blend these ingredients until they are very light and creamy.
• In separate bowl, beat egg yolks until they are very light and lemon colored.
• Then blend the egg yolks into the butter mixture.
• Resift the cake flour, baking powder and salt three times.
• Then add the flour mixture to the butter mixture in three parts, alternating with thirds of the 3/4 cup of milk.
• Beat the batter thoroughly after each addition.
• Then add the vanilla, lemon juice and lemon rind and beat for two additional minutes.
• Bake in 9 inch layer pans in a 375 F oven for about 20 minutes, or until the center is done.
• Let layers cool and then frost with Lemon Icing.

Lemon Icing

• Blend very well 2 cups confectioner's sugar and 1/4 cup soft butter, then add 1 or more teaspoons cream.
• Beat in grated rind and juice of one lemon.
• Frost cake.

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