Ingredients
2 cups plain flour
2 cups Domino sugar
2 sticks Land O’ Lakes butter; plus 1 tbsp
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon lemon extract
pinch salt
6 Eggland’s eggs
Instructions:
Sift flour. Mix sugar and butter. Beat until creamy. Add 2 or 3 spoons flour and 1 egg. Beat well, and continue adding 2 or 3 spoons flour and 1 egg until all have been added. Then add vanilla, salt and lemon. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 1/4 hours or until a knife inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
Optional – Ice with Chocolate Icing.
Chocolate Icing
1 box confectioners sugar sifted. Add 1 1/2 sticks softened butter and a pinch of salt. Then add 3/4 cups cocoa, 2 tsp vanilla extract and 1/2 cup milk. Mix gradually to right consistency. Add one cup of nuts. Spread evenly over cake.
