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Lemon: Betty Reese's Lemon Cake

Source of Recipe

Betty Reese


List of Ingredients

Cake:
3 cups of white sugar
1 cup Crisco
1 cup sour cream
6 eggs
3 cups of plain White Lily flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
Combine all the ingredients. Beat for four minutes. Pour into three well greased pans and bake at 350 for 20 minutes or until done.

Filling for Cake:
3 lemons (grate peelings of 2 of them, then squeeze all three for juice)
3 cups sugar
1/3 cup White Lily flour
4 eggs
2 teaspoons butter (not margarine)
Stir all ingredients in a pot or double boiler until mixture thickens. Spread between layers, top and sides of cake.



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