Lemon Layer Cake
Ingredients
- 1 cupful of butter
- 3 cupfuls of powdered sugar
- yolks of 5 eggs
- stir all to a cream
- juice and grated yellow rind of 1 lemon
- 3 cups of flour
- 1/2 teaspoonful soda dissolved in 1 cupful of milk
Directions
Add the beaten whites of 4 eggs last of all. Bake in two layers and put together with the following icing: Reserve 1 white of egg from the cake, add to it 1 teaspoonful of corn-starch, 9 of white sugar, and 1 of lemon-juice, put between the layers and over the top. This is good baked in a loaf and frosted.