Lord Baltimore Cake

Name: Lord Baltimore Cake
Ingredients: 3/4 cup butter, softened; 1 1/4 cups sugar; 8 egg yolks; 2 1/2 cups sifted cake flour; 1 tablespoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 3/4 cup milk; 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract

8 ingredients

3 steps

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter, softened
1 1/4 cups sugar
8 egg yolks
2 1/2 cups sifted cake flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon lemon extract

Directions

1

Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well. Beat egg yolks until thick and lemon colored, and add to creamed mixture. Beat well.
2

Combine dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in lemon extract.
3

Pour batter into 3 greased and floured 9-inch round cake pans. Bake at 350° for 20 to 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove layers from pans, and let cool completely. Spread Lord Baltimore Filling between layers and on top of cake.