Maida Heatter's East 62nd Street Lemon Cake Recipe

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Maida Heatter's East 62nd Street Lemon Cake
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Ingredients:

  • 3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 lb butter
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 lemons , rind of, finely grated
  • 1/2 cup lemon juice
  • 3/4 cup sugar

Directions:

  1. Adjust oven rack 1/3 from bottom of oven. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter 9x3-1/2-inch tube pan and dust it lightly with fine, dry bread crumbs.
  2. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt and set aside. In large bowl of electric mixer cream the butter. Add the sugar and beat for 2 to 3 minutes. Beat in the eggs individually, scraping the bowl as necessary with a rubber spatula to keep mixture smooth. On lowest speed alternately add the dry ingredients in three additions and the milk in two additions, scraping the bowl with the rubber spatula as necessary and beating only until smooth after each addition. Stir in lemon rind. Turn the batter into prepared pan. Level top by rotating pan briskly back and forth.
  3. Bake for 1 hour and 10 to 15 minutes until a cake tester comes out dry.
  4. Let cake stand in pan for about 3 minutes and then cover with a rack and invert. Remove pan, leaving the cake upside down. Place over a large piece of aluminum foil or waxed paper and prepare glaze.
  5. The glaze must be used immediately after it is mixed.
  6. Stir the lemon juice and sugar together and brush all over the hot cake until absorbed.
  7. Let cake cool completely. Use two wide metal pancake turners or a cookie sheet to transfer it to a cake plate.
  8. Do not cut for at least several hours.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 551.61 Kcal (2309 kJ)
Calories from fat 301.9 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 33.54g 52%
Cholesterol 191.19mg 64%
Sodium 379.47mg 16%
Potassium 162.09mg 3%
Total Carbs 60.87g 20%
Sugars 57.13g 229%
Dietary Fiber 0.58g 2%
Protein 5.61g 11%
Vitamin C 18.2mg 30%
Vitamin A 0.4mg 13%
Iron 0.9mg 5%
Calcium 195.1mg 20%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 269.53 Kcal (1128 kJ)
Calories from fat 147.51 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 16.39g 52%
Cholesterol 93.42mg 64%
Sodium 185.41mg 16%
Potassium 79.2mg 3%
Total Carbs 29.74g 20%
Sugars 27.92g 229%
Dietary Fiber 0.28g 2%
Protein 2.74g 11%
Vitamin C 8.9mg 30%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 13%
Iron 0.5mg 5%
Calcium 95.4mg 20%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 13.7
    Points
  • 16
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sugar

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