Luscious Buttermilk Cake

Name: Luscious Buttermilk Cake
Ingredients: ¾ c. buttermilk; Lemon-Butter-Egg Sauce; 3 c. sifted flour; 1 tsp. baking powder; ½ tsp. baking soda; 1 tsp. salt; 2 tsp. vanilla; 1 tblsp. lemon juice; 1 tsp. grated lemon peel; 6 large eggs, separated; 2¼ c. sugar; 1 c. shortening

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Farm Journal’s Country Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1972

About

Instead of frosting, cut cake and serve with Lemon-Butter-Egg Sauce

Ingredients

1 c. shortening
2¼ c. sugar
2 tsp.

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Beat together shortening and 1½ c. sugar. Blend in vanilla, lemon juice and peel. Add egg yolks, one at a time, blending just until smooth after each addition.
Sift together flour, baking powder, soda and salt. Add alternately with buttermilk to first mixture, blending until smooth.
Beat egg whites until frothy, then gradually beat in remaining ¾ c. sug