President Teddy Roosevelt's Lemon Tea Cake
Created by dienia b on July 19, 2022
- Servings: 12
- Prep Time: 60m
- Cook Time: 20m
- Recipe #39189
Ingredients
- Cake:
- 1/2 cup butter ,softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup flour
- 2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 lemon
- 1 cup dates,pitted, chopped
- 8 ounces sour cream,(1 cup)
- Frosting:
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 1/2 cup powdered sugar, sifted
- 1/4 ounce sour cream,(1 tablespoon)
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice, to taste
How to Make
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Step 1: Lemon Tea Cake:
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Step 2: Cream together butter, sugar and brown sugar.
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Step 3: Add eggs one at a time.
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Step 4: Sift together flour,salt and baking soda.
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Step 5: Cut the lemon in quarters and remove seeds.
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Step 6: Chop finely or grind with dates.(I would zest and add fruit, avoiding the pith),(food processor)
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Step 7: Place ground lemons and dates in a bowl and add 1/2 of the flour mix.
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Step 8: Mix lightly with fork.
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Step 9: Fold in sifted mixture and fruits alternately with sour cream.
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Step 10: Bake in two 8' greased and floured cake pans at 350º for 25 minutes.
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Step 11: Cool thoroughly and frost.
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Step 12: Lemon Tea Cake Frosting:
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Step 13: Cream butter.
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Step 14: Gradually add powdered sugar.
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Step 15: Add sour cream, vanilla, and lemon juice.
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Step 16: Beat well and frost cake.
Nutritional Facts
- 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