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Lady Bird Johnson — born in Texas as Claudia Alta Taylor — was the First Lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969. Her husband was Lyndon B Johnson, the 36th President of the United States. This lemon cake was baked for the 1966 wedding of their daughter, Luci Baines Johnson, and served after the ceremony was held at the White House.
Kin to the famous Genoa cake of Italy, and not too different from the old-time pound cake, Mrs Johnson’s Lemon Cake is truly American, luxuriously Texan, with its eight egg yolks and all that butter.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Cream 3/4 cup butter or margarine with 1-1/4 cups sugar until light and fluffy. In a separate bowl, beat 8 egg yolks until light and lemon-colored; blend into creamed mixture. Sift together 2-1/2 cups cake flour, 3 tsp. baking powder and 1/4 tsp. salt; resift 3 times.
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