Mom's Lemon Buttermilk Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 23 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 3 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup shortening
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 tablespoons lemon extract
• 2 5/8 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 5 tablespoons orange juice
• 5 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees. grease and flour a large tube pan (doesn't have to be the type with removable bottom).
• 2 cream together shortening and sugar, beat in eggs and lemon extract.
• 3 sift together flour, 1/2 tsp salt, baking soda, and baking powder; beat into creamed mixture.
• 4 stir in buttermilk.
• 5 bake at 325 degrees for 60 minutes.
• 6 while cake is cooking, mix together glaze ingredients.
• 7 after 60 minutes cooking time, remove cake from oven. immediately pour glaze over top of cake and return to oven for 3 minutes.
• 8 cool for 8 minutes, then remove from pan by inverting onto a platter.
• 9 fully cool before slicing. best prepared several hours ahead (or even a day ahead), then served at room temperature.