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Lemon bundt cake (2), January 2010
Stacy [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
*approximation of cake
For a different twist on the General's favorite cake, I thought I'd share this lemony Bundt recipe. It has its origins in an 1879 cookbook titled Housekeeping in Old Virginia. Believed to be a favorite of the Civil War general, most sources date the first written version of Robert E. Lee Cake to 1879. Since General Lee died in 1870, it's likely the original was made to honor him.
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/robert-e-lee-bundt
@Albert Sailhorst shared the authentic recipe at the beginning of this year. The link to his thread is provided below. It looks delicious too.
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/ro...0th-birthday-is-jan-19th.130521/#post-1459512
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