Lemon Cheese Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup criseco or snowdrift
• i cup water
• 1 tsp. salt
• 5 eve whites
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 level tsp. baking powder
• 3 eups fiour
• Good size pieee of butter
• 3 ege yolks
• Juice of one lemon
• 2 tbsp. cornstareh

Method

1. 1

   Cream shortening and sugar, add flour and salt, then water and flour alternately.

2. 2

   Add baking powder and beaten egg whites.

3. 3

   Bake in layers.

4. 4

   For filling, cook yolks, lemon juice, sugar, butter, and cornstarch until stiff, then cool and place between layers.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from One hundred choice recipes and business directory of Kannapolis, N.C. (1928) by Woman's Club of Kannapolis (N.C.), page 3. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Lemon Cheese Cake 1 cup criseco or snowdrift i cup water 1 tsp. salt : 5 eve whites 2 cups sugar ‘| level tsp. baking powder 3 eups fiour Flavoring. Cream shortening and sugar; add half cup of flour and salt and flavoring. Add water and flour alternating, beating constantly. Add baking powder to last part of flour, and finally the whites of five eggs beaten very stiffly. Beat altogether real hard and bake in layers. Filling 3 ege yolks Juice of one lemon 1 eup sugar Good size pieee of butter. 2 tbsp. cornstareh

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