Lemon Cake

Unbalanced

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Step 1

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease a 10 inch tube pan.

Step 2

2. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, blending well after each addition.

Step 3

3. Sift together flour, baking soda and salt. Stir dry ingredients into egg mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Add lemon zest and juice.

Step 4

4. Pour batter into prepared tube pan. Set on the middle rack of the oven and bake for 1 hour and 5 minutes, or until cake pulls away from sides of pan and a tester inserted in the center comes out clean.

Step 5

5. Cool cake in the pan, set on a rack, for 10 minutes. Remove cake from pan and spread on icing at once, while cake is still hot.

Step 6

Lemon Icing. Cream sugar and butter thoroughly. Mix in lemon zest and juice; spread on warm cake.