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Lady Bird Johnson's Lemon Bundt Cake

Here's how you make Lady Bird Johnson's Lemon Bundt Cake
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  • Servings: 8
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 60m
    • The following recipe serves 8 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 3/4 cup butter (at room temperature)
  • 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
  • 8 egg yolks
  • 2 1/2 cups cake flour
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon lemon rind, grated
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • Lemon Icing
  • 2 cups confectioners sugar, sifted
  • 1/4 cup butter (at room temperature)
  • 1 lemon, grated
  • 1 lemon, juiced
  • 2 teaspoons milk (or more, until spreading consistency) she used cream
  • 1/16 teaspoon yellow food coloring
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Preheat oven at 325 degrees F.

  • Step 2: Cream butter and sugar until fluffy.

  • Step 3: In a separate bowl, beat egg yolks until light and lemon-colored.

  • Step 4: Blend into creamed mixture.

  • Step 5: Sift together flour, baking powder and salt and resift 3 times.

  • Step 6: Add sifted ingredients to creamed mixture in thirds, alternating with milk. Beat the batter thoroughly after each addition.

  • Step 7: Add vanilla extract, lemon rind and lemon juice and beat 2 minutes.

  • Step 8: Bake in greased 10-inch Bundt pan in preheated oven at 325 degrees F for 1 hour(or in 9 inch layer pans (3?) at 375 degrees F for 20 minutes.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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