Glazed Lemon Cake

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb butter
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 3 eggs
• 3 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 tablespoons tightly packed lemon, zest of
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 box powdered sugar
• 1/2-1 cup butter
• 3 tablespoons tightly packed lemon, zest of
• 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice

Directions

1. Oven 325 F - greased and floured 10 inch tube pan.
2. Cream butter and sugar.
3. Add eggs, one at a time.
4. Sift dry ingredients together and add alternately with buttermilk.
5. Blend well.
6. Stir in lemon juice and zest.
7. Bake on middle rack for 1 hour and 5 minutes or until cake begins to pull away from the side of the pan.
8. Cool on rack ten minutes before removing from pan.
9. "Frost"while warm. Obviously this runs and then upon cooling almost forms a "shell".
10. Icing------- Beat ingredients well.

posted by mew (Elaine in MD)

Submitted 6/13/05.
Source: Baltimore Sun
Submitted By: Meryl
merstarunicorn11@hotmail.com
Glazed Lemon Cake