Lemon Buttermilk Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup shortening
• 2 1/4 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon, rind of
• 6 large eggs, separated
• 3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 2 tablespoons fine unseasoned breadcrumbs

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350f butter and dust 10" tube pan w/ fine unseasoned bread crumbs beat egg whites until frothy.
• 2 add 3/4 c sugar and beat well until whites form stiff peaks.
• 3 beat together shortening and 1 1/2 c.
• 4 sugar.
• 5 blend in vanilla, lemon juice and peel.
• 6 add egg yolks and blend sift flour baking powder, soda and salt.
• 7 add dry ingredients a little at a time alternating with buttermilk.
• 8 fold egg whites into batter spoon into tube pan.
• 9 bake 75 minutes or until cake tests done with toothpick.
• 10 let set for 8-10 minutes and remove from tube pan.
• 11 cool 15 minutes slice and serve with ice cream, whipped cream or lemon sauce.