Four Minute Cake Quick Mix Recipe
Ingredients
| Cake flour | 2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Baking powder | 1 1/2 Teaspoon | |
| Salt | 1/2 Teaspoon | |
| Sugar | 1 1/4 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Butter | 1/2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| 3 tablespoons lemon juice plus milk to make | ||
| 1/2 cup | ||
| Eggs | 2 | |
| 1 teaspoon lemon rind | ||
Directions
Have all ingredients at room temperature.
Sift flour, measure and resift 3 times with the remaining dry ingredients.
Sift into a bowl, add butter and liquid.
Stir with a spoon to blend.
Beat with an electric mixer (low speed) or by hand with a wooden spoon 2 minutes by clock.
Stop beaters twice during mixing and scrape sides and bottom of bowl.
Add eggs and lemon rind and beat 2 more minutes, scraping sides and bottom twice during mixing.
Turn into an 8-inch square pan 1 1/2 inches deep, bottom lined with thin, plain paper.
Bake at 350° F. (moderate) for 45 minutes.
Cool 5 minutes in pans, then turn out on a rack and cool thoroughly before icing with Molasses Icing.
Sift flour, measure and resift 3 times with the remaining dry ingredients.
Sift into a bowl, add butter and liquid.
Stir with a spoon to blend.
Beat with an electric mixer (low speed) or by hand with a wooden spoon 2 minutes by clock.
Stop beaters twice during mixing and scrape sides and bottom of bowl.
Add eggs and lemon rind and beat 2 more minutes, scraping sides and bottom twice during mixing.
Turn into an 8-inch square pan 1 1/2 inches deep, bottom lined with thin, plain paper.
Bake at 350° F. (moderate) for 45 minutes.
Cool 5 minutes in pans, then turn out on a rack and cool thoroughly before icing with Molasses Icing.
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