I searched and searched for this recipe on the web. Never did find it. Luckily, I found a scrap of paper with the instructions scribbled on it! This is the best cake! Mom used to make it all the time as we were growing up.
Ingredients
- white sugar: 3 cups
- ½ cups margarine or butter: 1 piece (softened)
- eggs: 5 piece
- vanilla extract: 1 tsp
- lemon juice: 1 tsp
- all-purpose flour: 3 cups
- ½ teaspoons baking powder: 1 piece
- salt: 1 tsp
- evaporated milk: 1 cup
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9 inch tube pan.
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In a large bowl, cream together the sugar and margarine until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla and lemon juice. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; mix into the batter alternating with the milk just until blended. Pour into the prepared pan.
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Bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted into the crown comes out clean. Cool in the pan for at least 10 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack to cool completely.
