EAST 62ND STREET LEMON CAKE
The zest of two whole lemons goes into this cake batter, giving it a real punch of citrus flavor, accented by the drippy lemon glaze that gets drizzled overtop.
Provided by Maida Heatter
Categories Mother's Day Spring Cake Bake Lemon Soy Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Vegetarian
Yield Makes 10 portions
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- For the cake:
- Adjust an oven rack one-third up from the bottom of oven. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Butter a plain or fancy tube pan with an 11- to 12-cup capacity and dust it lightly with fine, dry bread crumbs.
- Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt and set aside. In large bowl of electric mixer, beat the butter to soften it a bit. Add the sugar and beat for 2 to 3 minutes. Beat in the eggs individually, scraping the bowl as necessary with a rubber spatula to keep mixture smooth. On lowest speed, alternately add the dry ingredients in three additions and the milk in two additions, scraping the bowl with the rubber spatula as necessary and beating only until incorporated after each addition. Remove the bowl from the mixer. Stir in lemon zest. Turn the batter into prepared pan. Level top by rotating pan briskly back and forth.
- Bake for 1 hour and 5 to 10 minutes, until a cake tester comes out dry.
- Let cake stand in the pan for about 5 minutes and then cover with a rack and invert. Place over a large piece of aluminum foil or wax paper.
- For the glaze:
- The glaze should be used immediately after it is mixed: Stir the lemon juice and sugar together and brush all over the hot cake until absorbed.
- Let cake cool completely. Use two wide metal pancake turners or a cookie sheet to transfer it to a cake plate. Do not cut for at least several hours.
- Variations:
- I have made this with 1/2 cup Key lime juice in the glaze in place of the 1/3 cup lemon juice and it is divine. (But you should continue to use the lemon zest in the cake itself.)
EAST 62ND STREET LEMON CAKE
Maida Heatter's famous lemon cake first appeared in The Times in a 1970s feature highlighting a few of her best-loved cake recipes. This one was actually found by her daughter, Toni Evins Marks, who lived on East 62nd Street at the time. Ms. Marks, who went on to illustrate a number of Ms. Heatter's cookbooks, sent it to her mother. She tinkered with it and renamed it. The cake, which is tender, moist and scented with lemon zest, is brushed with a simple glaze of lemon juice and sugar when it's still warm so it soaks into the cake. It's a timeless dessert that's perfect for practically any celebration. (Note: Some readers have mentioned in the notes below the recipe that "Maida Heatter's Book of Great Desserts" instructs you to bake this cake at 350 degrees. Our recipe, the one that Craig Claiborne ran in 1970, before Ms. Heatter's book was published, indicates 325. Either will work, but if you bake at 350, start checking for doneness just before the hour mark.)
Provided by Craig Claiborne
Categories cakes, dessert
Time 2h
Yield 10 to 12 servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Heat oven to 325 degrees. Butter a 9‐inch tube pan. Coat it with the bread crumbs.
- Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt and set aside.
- Cream the butter and sugar together. Beat in the eggs one at a time.
- Fold in the dry ingredients alternately with the milk. Stir in the lemon zest. Pour the batter into the pan and smooth the top of the batter. Bake 1¼ hours, or until the cake tests done.
- While the cake bakes, make the glaze. Warm the juice and sugar in a small saucepan over medium-low heat until all of the sugar is dissolved. Cover and remove from heat.
- When the cake is done, immediately unmold the cake onto a cake rack and apply the glaze with a pastry brush to the top and sides of the cake until it is all absorbed.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 461, UnsaturatedFat 6 grams, Carbohydrate 72 grams, Fat 18 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 6 grams, SaturatedFat 11 grams, Sodium 190 milligrams, Sugar 47 grams, TransFat 1 gram
EAST 62ND STREET LEMON CAKE
Make and share this East 62nd Street Lemon Cake recipe from Food.com.
Provided by ratherbeswimmin
Categories Dessert
Time 1h40m
Yield 10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Position oven rack 1/3 up from the bottom of the oven; preheat oven to 350°.Butter a 12-cup capacity bundt pan; dust it lightly with fine, dry breadcrumbs; set aside.
- Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
- In a large bowl of an electric stand mixer, beat the butter until soft; add in the sugar and beat until incorporated.
- Beat in the eggs one at a time, scraping the bowl as necessary (the mixture might look curdled-that is ok).
- On lowest speed add the dry ingredients alternately in three additions with the milk in two additions, beating only until incorporated after each addition.
- Remove the bowl from the mixer; stir in lemon rind.
- Turn the batter into the prepared pan; level the top of the batter by rotating the pan briskly from left to right-and from right to left.
- Bake for 1 hour and 5-10 minutes until a pick comes out clean.
- Let the cake stand in the pan for 5 minutes, then cover with a rack and invert.
- Remove from the pan, leaving the cake upside down.
- Place over a large piece of foil or wax paper; prepare the glaze.
- The glaze: the glaze should be used immediately after it is mixed; mix the lemon juice and sugar together; brush it all over the hot cake; the cake will absorb it.
- Let cool completely and then transfer to a cake plate; it is best to wait a few hours before cutting the cake.
- **May substitute ½ cup key lime juice for the lemon juice, but Ms. Heatter recommends not changing the lemon rind to lime rind.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 553.1, Fat 21.6, SaturatedFat 12.9, Cholesterol 136.8, Sodium 232.2, Carbohydrate 84.2, Fiber 1.1, Sugar 53.8, Protein 7.4
MAIDA HEATTER'S BEST DARN LEMON CAKE EVER
I stumbled on to this recipe sometime in the early 1980s, in one of Maida Heatter's incomparable dessert books. This truly is the best lemon cake you'll ever eat. It's not much to look at, but I've had friends actually react by gasping when they take a bite. You MUST use fresh lemon juice and zest; it's really not the same without it.
Provided by KLHquilts
Categories Dessert
Time 2h15m
Yield 16 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Spray an 8-1/2"x5" loaf pan with baking spray.
- Grind almonds very fine and set aside.
- Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt and set aside.
- In a small heavy saucepan, melt butter. Transfer to a large bowl. With electric mixer, add sugar and beat a bit to mix.
- On low speed, beat in eggs one at a time, beating only to mix well.
- Add dry ingredients in three additions, alternating with milk in two additions, scraping bowl with a spatula and beating until mixed after each addition.
- Mix in lemon extract.
- Remove from mixer. Stir in grated rind, then stir in ground almonds.
- Turn mixture into pan. (It will be thin.) Bake at 350 for 65-75 minutes. (During baking, cake will form a large crack or two on top, and crack(s) will remain light in color.).
- A few minutes before cake is finished, prepare glaze: stir sugar and lemon juice in a small saucepan over moderate heat, only until sugar is just dissolved. (Don't boil!).
- When cake is removed from the oven, let it stand for 2-3 minutes. Then, using brush, brush the hot glaze gradually over the hot cake. Glaze should not be applied quickly; it should take about 5 minutes to apply all the glaze.
- Let cake stand until not quite completely cool. Then gently invert onto a rack and turn right side up. When cool, wrap in plastic wrap or foil and let stand 12-24 hours before serving.
MAIDA HEATTER'S EAST 62ND STREET LEMON CAKE
This is the famed lemon cake, from Maida Heatter's Book of Great Desserts, as reprinted in "A Holiday Tea Party", Good Food Magazine, December 1988.
Provided by JackieOhNo
Categories Dessert
Time 1h55m
Yield 1 cake
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Adjust oven rack 1/3 from bottom of oven. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter 9x3-1/2-inch tube pan and dust it lightly with fine, dry bread crumbs.
- Sift flour, baking powder, and salt and set aside. In large bowl of electric mixer cream the butter. Add the sugar and beat for 2 to 3 minutes. Beat in the eggs individually, scraping the bowl as necessary with a rubber spatula to keep mixture smooth. On lowest speed alternately add the dry ingredients in three additions and the milk in two additions, scraping the bowl with the rubber spatula as necessary and beating only until smooth after each addition. Stir in lemon rind. Turn the batter into prepared pan. Level top by rotating pan briskly back and forth.
- Bake for 1 hour and 10 to 15 minutes until a cake tester comes out dry.
- Let cake stand in pan for about 3 minutes and then cover with a rack and invert. Remove pan, leaving the cake upside down. Place over a large piece of aluminum foil or waxed paper and prepare glaze.
- The glaze must be used immediately after it is mixed.
- Stir the lemon juice and sugar together and brush all over the hot cake until absorbed.
- Let cake cool completely. Use two wide metal pancake turners or a cookie sheet to transfer it to a cake plate.
- Do not cut for at least several hours.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 5606.6, Fat 216.6, SaturatedFat 128.9, Cholesterol 1368.2, Sodium 3853.7, Carbohydrate 862.1, Fiber 10.6, Sugar 555.1, Protein 74.3
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