Title: LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S FAMOUS LEMON CAKE
Categories: Desserts, Cakes, Celebrity, Bundt
Yield: 16 Servings
3/4 c Butter or margarine
1-1/2 c Sugar
8 Egg yolks
1-1/2 c Cake flour
3 ts Baking powder
1/4 ts Salt
3/4 c Milk
1 ts Vanilla
1 ts Lemon rind; grated
1 ts Lemon juice
LEMON ICING
2 c Powdered sugar
1/4 c Margarine; soft
1 Lemon; juice and grated rind
2 ts Heavy cream
PUDDING
Bananas; slice thin
3/4 c Sugar
3 Egg yolks
2-1/2 c Milk
MERINGUE
3 Egg whites
3 tb Sugar
1 ts Vanilla
Cream butter or margarine with sugar until light and fluffy. In separate
bowl, beat egg yolks until light and lemon-colored; blend with creamed
mixture. Sift together cake flour, baking powder and salt; re-sift 3 times.
Add sifted ingredients in thirds, alternating with milk. Beat batter
thoroughly after each addition. Add vanilla, lemon rind and juice and beat
2 minutes. Bake at 325° in bundt pan for 1 hour. Or, bake in 3 greased 9"
pans at 350°.
ICING-Combine all lemon icing ingredients and spread on cake.
