Hungarian Lemon Butter Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1/4 lb butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 lemon, juice of
• 1 grated fresh lemon rind
• 1 1/2 cups cake flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 3 tablespoons flour

Recipe

• 1 sift flour.
• 2 measure.
• 3 sift 3 times.
• 4 cream butter and sugar till light.
• 5 add egg yolks one at time.
• 6 add lemon juice and rind.
• 7 add flour small amount at time, beating after each addition.
• 8 add salt.
• 9 add stiffly beaten egg whites, but before folding in, sift the baking powder on top of the whites, then gently fold in the whites.
• 10 turn into greased pan (8x8x2 inches).
• 11 sprinkle nuts over cake.
• 12 bake in moderate oven (375°f) 50 minutes or until done.
• 13 sift confectioners' sugar over cut when cold.
• 14 put sugar, water, lemon juice and flour together in saucepan.
• 15 heat to boiling, stirring constantly till a little thickened.
• 16 pour sauce over cut piece cake.