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LEMONY CHESS CAKE

Posted on January 14, 2013 by The Southern Lady

This is an old recipe. You can make it without the lemon extract and lemon glaze and just have a plain cake that is very good, too. Makes a wonderful dessert cake and so good with a cup of coffee.

2 sticks butter or margarine or 1 cup, melted

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup white sugar

4 egg yolks

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon lemon extract

4 egg whites

1 cup nuts of your choice, Optional

Melt the butter and combine with brown sugar, white sugar and egg yolks mixing well with mixer. Add flour, baking powder, salt, vanilla extract and lemon extract and continue beating. Beat egg whites in a separate bowl until stiff and fold into batter with a spoon mixing well. Fold in nuts. Generously spray bundt pan and pour in batter. (You can make this cake in a 9 x 13 pan, too.) Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 40 to 45 minutes until center tests done. Sprinkle with powdered sugar or drizzle on lemon glaze recipe below.

Lemon Glaze

3 teaspoons lemon juice

1 cup powdered sugar

4 tablespoons milk

Beat with whisk or spoon until you get the right consistency to pour over cake. Can add more milk if needed. (Can heat a few seconds in microwave. This makes it easier to pour. I use a small pitcher and drizzle over cake.)

Enjoy!

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LEMON MERINGUE PIE

Posted on November 9, 2012 by The Southern Lady

This lemon meringue pie is good anytime. We love it for dessert, with coffee in the morning or just as a snack during the day. This pie will not last long.

1 (9 inch) pie shell, baked

1 cup sugar

1/3 cup cornstarch

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 lemons juiced (about 1/2 cup)

1 tablespoon lemon zest

4 egg yolks, keep the whites for the meringue

2 tablespoons butter or margarine

1 1/2 cups water

Using a wire whisk mix sugar, cornstarch and salt. Mix in lemon juice, zest, eggs, butter and water. Cook over medium low heat until filling thickens. Remove and pour into pie shell. Top with meringue.

Meringue Topping:

4 egg whites

2 tablespoons sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Beat egg whites with mixer, add sugar and vanilla, and continue beating until peaks form. Spread on top of pie covering entire pie. Place under oven broiler until browned or bake in preheated 350 degree oven until brown on top.

Enjoy!

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LEMON BANANA POPPY SEED MUFFINS

Posted on October 18, 2011 by The Southern Lady

This is such an easy, quick recipe for poppy seed muffins and they taste like you spent hours making them. We love the great lemon taste with just a bit of banana!

1 box Betty Crocker Moist Lemon Cake Mix with pudding in the mix

1 cup milk

1/2 cup oil (I use Canola)

2 eggs

2 bananas, mashed

1 tablespoon poppy seeds

1/2 cup nuts of your choice, optional

Mix cake mix, oil, milk, and eggs with mixer. Fold in mashed bananas and add poppy seed. Spray muffin tins and bake in preheated 350 degree oven 15 – 20 minutes. Makes 16 to 18 muffins depending on size you make them.