Instructions: 1. In a bowl, beat with a mixer to blend butter, sugar, eggs, milk, and vanilla. Stir in flour and pecans until four is evenly moistened. Pour batter into an oiled and flour-dusted 8" square pan. Bake in a 350F. oven until cake is lightly browned and springs back when pressed in center, about 45 minutes.

2. Run a knife between cake and pan rim; hold a rack onto pan top. Invert to release cake, then tip back into pan. Pierce cake top all over with a fork and pour hot lemon sauce over surface. Serve hot or warm; cut from pan or serve from a platter.

*** LEMON SAUCE
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In a 1 1/2 quart pan over high heat, stir lemon peel, lemon juice, and sugar just until sugar is dissolved. Use hot.

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