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Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 30 Minutes Servings: 20 |
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The Best Lemon Cake EVER!! Ingredients:
1 cup butter (divided) |
1/2 cup shortening |
2 cups sugar |
3 eggs |
3 cups flour |
1/2 teaspoon baking soda |
1/2 teaspoon salt |
1 cup buttermilk |
2 tablespoons grated lemon rind (divided) |
1/2 cup lemon juice, plus |
1 tablespoon lemon juice (divided(squeeze some of the juice from the lemon, then add the rest of the lemon juice) |
3 cups confectioners' sugar |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 325.
2. Beat 1/2 cup of butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Add eggs one at a time.
4. Shift flour, baking soda and salt together and add alternately with buttermilk.
5. Stir in 1 tablespoon lemon juice.
6. Pour into a greased and floured tube pan, bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until cake tests done.
7. Mix remaining butter with confectioners' sugar until creamy.
8. Add remaining lemon rind and enough lemon juice to give pouring consistency.
9. Pour over warm cake.
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