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.
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