Buttermilk Cake
Source of Recipe
by Millie, from Country Cakes
List of Ingredients
1 T finely grated lemon rind
1 T + 1 tsp pure lemon extract
3 1/2 C SIFTED all-purpose flour
� tsp salt
� tsp bakin soda
1 C buttermilk, at room temp
1 � C unsalted butter {3 sticks}
2 � C granulated sugar
5 Jumbo eggs, at room temp
FOR LEMON GLAZE:
1/3 C freshly squeezed n� strained lemon juice
� C granulated sugar
Recipe
AUTHOR�s NOTES:
I like to finely grate lemon peel steep in an ample am�t of lemon extract well before it is beaten into the batter, so that the peel has the chance to �bloom.�
Thick hunks of Buttermilk Cake are wonderful served in the summer w/piles of fresh berries n� mounds of whipped cream. Slender slice, perhaps 2 to a serving, served w/a warm compote of dried fruit, make a marvelous midwinter treat.
Lightly butter & flour a 10� fluted bundt pan; set aside. Preheat the oven to 350�
Blend the lemon rind & lemon extract together in a small cup; set aside.
Sift together flour/salt onto a sheet of waxed paper; set aside. Stir the bakin soda into the buttermilk; set aside.
Cream the butter in lrg bowl of an elec mixer on moderately high speed for 3 min�s. Add the sugar in 3 additions, beatin for 1 min on moderate speed after ea portion is added. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, blendin well after ea add�n. Blend in the lemon rind/extract mix. Scrape down the sides of the mix bowl to keep the mix even~textured. With the mixer on low, alternately add the flour in 3 add�ns w/the buttermilk in 2 add�ns, beginning n� endin w/flour.
Pour n� scrape the batter into prepared pan.
Bake the cake on the lower 1/3 level rack of the preheated oven about 1 hr n� 15 min�s or til a wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean/dry & the cake pulls away slightly from the edges of pan.
Let the cake cool in the pan on a wire rack for 5 min�s.
To make glaze:
Combine the lemon juice & sugar in a small bowl. Invert the cake onto a second coolin rack. Brush the glaze over the top n� sides of the hot cake. Let cool completely.
Serve the cake cut in thin slices.
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