Lemon Queen Cake

Ingredients

• three-fourths cup of butter
• one and one-half cups granulated sugar
• six well-beaten eggs
• the grated rind of one small lemon
• one and one-half tablespoons lemon juice
• one-third level teaspoon baking soda

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter and sugar, add eggs gradually, then lemon rind and juice, and baking soda.

2. 2

   Bake for thirty minutes.

3. 3

   Reserve some batter to bake in a shallow pan, ice, and top with blanched almonds.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Council cook book (1908), page 45. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Lemon Queen Cake. Cream three-fourths cup of butter with one and one-half cups granulated sugar; add gradually six well-beaten eggs, the grated rind of one small lemon, one and one-half tablespoons lemon juice, one-third level teaspoon baking soda

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