lemon tea cake

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55 Pinches
scottsboro, AL
Updated on Nov 24, 2010
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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans
  • SAUCE INGREDIENTS
  • 3 tablespoons grated lemon peel
  • 6 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1/4 cup sugar

How To Make lemon tea cake

  • Step 1
    In a bowl, beat with a mixer to blend butter, sugar, eggs, milk and vanilla.
  • Step 2
    Stir in flour and pecans until four is evenly moistened.
  • Step 3
    Pour batter into an oiled and flour-dusted 8" square pan.
  • Step 4
    Bake in a 350 oven until cake is lightly browned and springs back when pressed in center, about 45 minutes.
  • Step 5
    Run a knife between cake and pan rim; hold a rack onto pan top.
  • Step 6
    Invert to release cake, then tip back into pan.
  • Step 7
    Pierce cake top all over with a fork and pour hot lemon sauce over surface.
  • Step 8
    Serve hot or warm; cut from pan or serve from a platter.
  • Step 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.
  • Step 10
    Use hot.

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