Lemon Cake Recipe

Andrea had a cat named Pico that liked to sneak and eat the tops off this lemon cake. When the cat was ill and dying, her and her mom baked the cakes for the cat, expressly so he could eat the caketops in his last days...

Pico Memorial Cake

finely grated rind of 2 lg. lemons
3 tblsp. lemon juice
3 cups sifted all purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 lb (1 cup) butter
3 cups sugar
5 eggs
1 cup buttermilk

pre heat oven 325
butter 10 x 4 inch tube pan. line the bottom w/ wax paper, butter the paper.
dust all over w/ fine bread crumbs (or flour) - I just butter it, I don't do this whole paper thing). Use teflon

mix lemon rind and juice and set aside
sift together flour, baking soda, salt, set aside

In a large bowl, use electric mixer to cream butter
gradually add sugar. beat 2-3 min
add eggs one at a time, beat after each addition
beat an additional 2-3 minutes after last egg has been added
on lowest speed alternately add the sifted dry ingrediants in 3 additions
and the buttermilk in 2 additions

remove from mixer and stir in lemon rind and juice
pour into prepared pan
bake 1 and 1/2 hr

GLAZE
1/4 plus 1 tblsp lemon juice
1 tblsp water
1/2 cup granulated sugar
confectioners sugar

mix first 3 ingrediants and let stand, stir occasionally, while cake is baking

when cake is done, remove it and let stand 5 minutes
brush glaze all over the hot cake. let it cool and dry
sprinkle w/ confectioners sugar through a fine strainer

NOTE: At our dinner party we served the cake with fresh berries and whipped cream--DIVINE.

Rest in peace Pico...