President Teddy Roosevelt's Lemon Tea Cake
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Original is 12 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (152.4 g)
- Calories 395.5
- Total Fat - 15.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 8.5 g
- Cholesterol - 180.6 mg
- Sodium - 455.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 58.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.6 g
- Sugars - 47.3 g
- Protein - 8.4 g
- Calcium - 67.2 mg
- Iron - 1.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 10.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Lemon Tea Cake:
Step 2
Cream together butter, sugar and brown sugar.
Step 3
Add eggs one at a time.
Step 4
Sift together flour,salt and baking soda.
Step 5
Cut the lemon in quarters and remove seeds.
Step 6
Chop finely or grind with dates.(I would zest and add fruit, avoiding the pith),(food processor)
Step 7
Place ground lemons and dates in a bowl and add 1/2 of the flour mix.
Step 8
Mix lightly with fork.
Step 9
Fold in sifted mixture and fruits alternately with sour cream.
Step 10
Bake in two 8' greased and floured cake pans at 350º for 25 minutes.
Step 11
Cool thoroughly and frost.
Step 12
Lemon Tea Cake Frosting:
Step 13
Cream butter.
Step 14
Gradually add powdered sugar.
Step 15
Add sour cream, vanilla, and lemon juice.
Step 16
Beat well and frost cake.
Tips
No special items needed.