Lemon Sheath Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup lemon juice
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon flavoring
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon rind, grated
• 1/2 cup butter
• 6 tablespoons milk
• 1 lb confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon lemon flavoring

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, mix sugar and flour.
• 2 in a medium saucepan, bring butter, water, lemon juice and oil to a boil.
• 3 pour the boiling mixture over the dry mixture and stir slowly.
• 4 add buttermilk, eggs, soda and lemon flavoring and lemon rind and mix well.
• 5 bake in a well greased and floured jelly roll pan with deep sides (or you can bake in a 13 x 9 x 2 pan if you don't have a jellyroll pan, but the jellyroll pan works better in my opinion)for 20 minutes at 400 degrees. (if you use the 13 x 9 pan, you will have to bake the cake longer).
• 6 while the cake is finishing the last few minutes of baking, make your icing as the cake is to be iced while hot.
• 7 icing:.
• 8 bring butter and milk to a boil. add the sugar and mix well with mixer. add lemon flavoring.
• 9 ice cake while it is hot.