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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 75 Minutes |
Ready In: 75 Minutes Servings: 16 |
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I love teacakes...They are so southern. light and simple...but elegent in their own right.. 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:
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. Grease a 9 inch tube pan.
3. From 1 lemon, grate peel and squeeze juice; reserve juice for icing later.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Increase speed to high; beat for 2 minutes, ocassionally scraping bowl.
7. Spoon batter into pan ; bake one hour and 15 minutes or until cake is done.
8. Cool cake on rack for 10 minutes; remove cake from pan.
9. Cool completely.
10. Icing:
11. In medium bowl mix confectioners sugar and just enough lemon juice to make smooth....
12. Drizzle this on cake...also garnish with lemon zest from last lemon.
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