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cake has pecans and white raisins, and a full 2 oz bottle of lemon flavoring

2006-12-18 16:54:28 · 3 answers · asked by carrie p 1 in Food & Drink Cooking & Recipes

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INGREDIENTS
1 cup butter
2 cups confectioners' sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 cups cake flour
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon lemon zest
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
DIRECTIONS
In a large bowl, cream butter and 2 cups confectioners' sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in flour and vanilla, then pecans and lemon peel. Turn batter into greased 9 inch tube pan.
Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 40 to 45 minutes, or until done. Cool. Remove cake from pan, and invert onto serving plate.
Make glaze by mixing 1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar with fresh lemon juice. Drizzle over cake.

or try this one

GERMAN LEMON NUT CAKE

2 sticks butter
2 sticks butter
2 c. sugar
6 eggs
4 c. sifted flour
2 tsp. baking powder
4 c. chopped pecans
1 lb. white raisins
1 1/2 oz. lemon extract

Cream butter, butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly. Sift flour and baking powder together. Add gradually, beating well after each addition. Scantily flour the nuts and raisins. Fold into mixture. Stir in lemon extract. Bake in tube pan at 325 degrees about 1 1/2 hours or until toothpick comes out clean. This is a very old German recipe.

2006-12-18 17:01:03 · answer #1 · answered by Peaches 2 · 0 0

OLD-FASHIONED LEMON-NUT COFFEE CAKE

1/3 c Sugar -- brown, packed
1/3 c Sugar -- granulated
3/4 ts Baking powder
1/4 ts Baking soda
1/2 c Butter -- chilled
1/3 c Nuts -- chopped walnuts or
1 Egg
1/3 c Buttermilk
2 ts Lemon rind -- grated

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter an 8- or 9-inch
square cake pan. In a large mixing bowl, combine the
flour, brown sugar, granulated sugar, baking powder,
and baking soda. Cut in the butter until the mixture
resembles coarse crumbs. Add the nuts. Remove and
reserve 1/3 cup of the mixture. In another bowl, beat
in the egg, buttermilk, and lemon rind or lemon
extract together. Stir the egg mixture into dry
ingredients. Do not overmix. Batter will not be
smooth-looking. Turn batter into prepared cake pan.
Sprinkle reserved crumb mixture over the top. Bake 25
minutes, until golden. Serve warm. makes 1 8“ or 9”
square cake

Recipe From:Great Old-Fashioned American Desserts
Copyright 1987 by Beatrice Ojakangas from Usenet
Recipes conference

2006-12-19 01:10:43 · answer #2 · answered by Teddy Bear 4 · 0 0

http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,199,151187-247196,00.html

2006-12-19 00:57:31 · answer #3 · answered by bubba j 5 · 0 0

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