A Perfect Summertime Dessert ~ Fresh Lemon Sheet Cake

Happy Summertime, readers! Mary Ellis here. 

Here's my favorite cool dessert for when the weather turns hot!

Lemon Sheet Cake

Cream together:

1 ½ cups white sugar
½ cup butter (1 stick)

Mix dry ingredients in a separate bowl.

2 cups cake flour
4 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt

Add dry ingredients to creamed ingredients alternate with 1 cup milk. Next add in the juice of ½ lemon and about 2 tsp lemon zest. (Optional: a few drops of lemon food coloring) Fold in 2 well beaten eggs last.

Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees – your oven temp may vary) for approximately 25 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

Hint: This cake is great with lemon sherbet for a cool summertime treat or you can frost with a lemon butter frosting…

LEMON BUTTER FROSTING:

Cream 3 tbsp room temperature butter

Blend in 2 egg yolks

Stir in 2 ½ cups powdered sugar

1 tsp grated lemon rind (zest)

2 tbsp lemon juice

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