Ladybird Johnson's classic lemon pound cake recipe (1966) - Click Americana

Ladybird Johnson's classic lemon pound cake recipe (1966) - Click Americana

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This classic lemon pound cake is truly American, luxuriously Texan - with its eight egg yolks and all that butter - and was President Johnson's favorite.

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Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 1-1/4 cups white 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
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind (zest)

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