Lemon orange cake

1 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
cup Butter -- softened
¼ cup Shortening
2 cups Sugar
5 eaches Eggs
3 cups All-purpose flour
1 teaspoon Baking powder
½ teaspoon Baking soda
½ teaspoon Salt
cup Butter milk
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
½ teaspoon Lemon extract
FROSTING:
½ cup Butter or margarine --
Softened
3 tablespoons Orange juice
3 tablespoons Lemon juice
2 tablespoons Orange peel -- grated
2 tablespoons Lemon peel -- grated
1 teaspoon Lemon extract
5½ cup Confectioners' sugar

Directions

In a mixing bowl, cream butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time beating well after each addition.

Combine dry ingredients: add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Stir in extracts. Pour into three greased and floured 9-in, cake pans. Bake at 350 deg. for 25-30 minutes or until cakes test done. Cool for 10 minutes in pans before removing to wire racks to cool completely. For frosting, beat butter in a mixing bowl until fluffy; add the next five ingredients and mix well. Gradually add confectioners' sugar; beat until frosting has desired spreading consistency. Spread between layers and over the top and sides of cake. Yield: 10-12 servings Recipe By : Taste of Home

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