East 62nd St. Lemon Cake
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 lg. eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1 tbsp. lemon peel, finely grated
- 1/3 cup lemon juice
- 2/3 cup sugar
- Place oven rack 1/3 up from bottom.
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Butter a 3-quart Bundt pan; coat with 3 Tbsp.
- fine bread crumbs; shake out excess.
- In medium bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, and salt.
- In large bowl with mixer on medium speed, beat butter and sugar until creamy; add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition; scrape down sides of bowl as necessary (mixture may look curdled that's OK); reduce mixer speed to low; add flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with milk (begin and end with flour); beat only until blended after each addition; stir in lemon peel.
- Scrape batter into prepared pan; level batter by rotating pan briskly.
- Bake for 65-70 minutes until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool in pan for 5 minutes, then cover with rack and invert; remove pan and leave cake upside down on rack; place over large piece of foil or waxed paper.
- Glaze: Mix lemon juice and sugar together; brush all over hot cake (cake will absorb glaze); let cool completely before transferring to cake plate.
allpurpose, baking powder, salt, butter, sugar, eggs, milk, lemon peel, lemon juice, sugar
Taken from www.foodgeeks.com/recipes/784 (may not work)