lemon tea cake

How To Make lemon tea cake

• 1

  In a bowl, beat with a mixer to blend butter, sugar, eggs, milk and vanilla.
• 2

  Stir in flour and pecans until four is evenly moistened.
• 3

  Pour batter into an oiled and flour-dusted 8" square pan.
• 4

  Bake in a 350 oven until cake is lightly browned and springs back when pressed in center, about 45 minutes.
• 5

  Run a knife between cake and pan rim; hold a rack onto pan top.
• 6

  Invert to release cake, then tip back into pan.
• 7

  Pierce cake top all over with a fork and pour hot lemon sauce over surface.
• 8

  Serve hot or warm; cut from pan or serve from a platter.
• 9

  LEMON SAUCE: In a 1 1/2 quart pan over high heat, stir lemon peel, lemon juice and sugar just until sugar is dissolved.
• 10

  Use hot.
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