Instructions: Sift sugar. Beat butter until soft. Add the sugar gradually. Blend these ingredients until they are very light and creamy. In a separate bowl beat egg yolks until very light and lemon colored, then blend them into the

butter mixture. Resift cake flour, baking powder and salt three times and add these ingredients to the butter mixture in three parts alternately with thirds of the 3/4 cup of milk. Beat the batter thoroughly after each

addition. Add and beat for 2 minutes vanilla, lemon juice and lemon rind.

Bake in greased 9 inch layer pans in a moderate oven (375 degrees) for abou t

20 minutes. Spread with Lemon Icing.

LEMON ICING:
Blend the sugar, butter and cream. Beat in the grated rind and the lemon juice.

NOTES : Well, this one led us a merry chase. A version was posted on the net, found by a list member to be incomplete. I started looking for the complete recipe as did the original poster. I found this one by calling Cyn who called Mrs. Johnson. The copy I have came in Lady Birds envelop e and is on the LBJ ranch note paper. Guess its the real McCoy.

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The day your descendants outnumber your friends - Ogden Nash

Lou in Houston, The Great State of Texas

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