My Mother's Z.l. Everyday Yellow Cake

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 2 ounces butter or 2 ounces margarine
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons vanilla sugar
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 -5 drops lemon extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 325°f.
• 2 grease an 8 cup (round) baking tin.
• 3 sieve flour, baking powder and vanillasugar.
• 4 cream sugar and eggs, whisk (electric) for at least 5 minutes.
• 5 melt the butter (margarine) with the water, let it boil for 3-4 seconds.
• 6 add flourmixture and boiling butterwater a little at a time to the creamed sugar/eggs, keep whisking on low.
• 7 when thouroughly blended, add lemonextract, whisk one or twice to incorporate.
• 8 pour cakemixture into prepared form.
• 9 bake for 25-35 minutes, check with a skewer for doneness.