Lemon tea cake
Yield: 8 Servings
Ingredients:
- 1/2 c Butter or margarine
- 1 c Sugar
- 2 Large eggs
- 1/2 c Milk
- 1 ts Vanilla
- 1 1/4 c All-purpose flour
- 1/2 c Chopped pecans MMMMM------------------------LEMON SAUCE-----------------------------
- 3 tb Grated lemon peel
- 6 tb Lemon juice
- 1/4 c Sugar
Instructions:
1. In a bowl beat with a mixer to blend butter sugar eggs milk and vanilla. Stir in flour and pecans until four is evenly moistened. Pour batter into an oiled and flour-dusted 8" square pan. Bake in a 350'F. oven until cake is lightly browned and springs back when pressed in center about 45 minutes. 2. Run a knife between cake and pan rim; hold a rack onto pan top. Invert to release cake then tip back into pan. Pierce cake top all over with a fork and pour hot lemon sauce over surface. Serve hot or warm; cut from pan or serve from a platter. *** LEMON SAUCE *** In a 1 1/2 quart pan over high heat stir lemon peel lemon juice and sugar just until sugar is dissolved. Use hot. ~ Yvonne Visteen Portland Oregon.



