Classic Lemon cake

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Ingredients

  • 4 stick butter
  • 4 cup sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 3 cup flour
  • 8 egg yolks
  • juice of 3 lemons plus zest
  • 1/4 tsp. cream tartar
  • 2 egg whites
  • 1/3 cup water
  • 1 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Step 1

Make cake first. Put 3 sticks of butter, 1 cup sugar, 4 eggs and 3 cup flour in a bowl, mix. Put in three pans. Bake at 325 until done. Let cool.

Step 2

While cakes are cooling make filling. In large pan put 1 stick butter, 1 - 1/2 cup sugar, 8 egg yolks, juice of 3 lemons and zest. cook until it comes to a rolling boil. take off and let cool. When cake and filling are cool, take one cake place on a plate. put filling on top add another cake, more filling and last cake on top.

Step 3

Now make icing. In a pan put 1 - 1/2 cup sugar, 1/4 cream tartar, 2 egg whites, water and 1 tsp. vanilla. Cook over a second pan that has a 1/3 cup water in it. Beat with beater till thick.

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