Ingredient

• 3 cups sugar
• 1 1/4 cups butter
• 1 – 8 oz cream cheese, softened
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp lemon extract
• 1/2 tsp orange extract
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 6 eggs
• 3 cups Softasilk cake flour

Lemon Glaze

• 1 cup powered sugar
• 2 tsp grated lemon peel
• 2 to 3 tbsp lemon juice

Cake Directions

1. Heat oven to 325 degrees.
2. Grease and flour tube pan, 10 x 4 inches, or 2 loaf pans, 9x5x3 inches.
3. Beat sugar, margarine and cream cheese in large bowl on medium speed until fluffy.
4. Beat in lemon juice, vanilla, lemon extract, orange extract and salt.
5. Beat in eggs, one at a time.
6. Add cake flour; beat until smooth.
7. Spread batter in pan.
8. Bake tube pan about 1 hour 30 minutes, loaf pans 1 hour 15 minutes or until golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.  Cool 10 minutes;  remove from pan(s) and cool completely on wire rack.  Spread Lemon Glaze over cake, allowing some to drizzle down side.

Glaze Directions

1. Stir powered sugar and lemon peel together
2. Continue stiring adding lemon juice until smooth

By Sheila Derezinski