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Sweet Baked Goods Gen. Robert E. Lee Cake

gen. robert e. lee cake
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(from Housekeeping in Old Virginia, by Marion Cabell Tyree, 1878)

Ingredients:

10 eggs​
1 lb. sugar​
1/2 lb. flour​
1 lemon rind​
juice of 1/2 lemon​

Instructions:

10 eggs.​
1 pound sugar.​
1/2 pound flour.​
Rind of 1 lemon, and juice of 1/2 lemon.​
Make exactly like sponge cake, and bake in jelly-cake tins. Then take the whites of two eggs beat to a froth, and add one pound sugar, the grated rind and juice of one orange, or juice of half a lemon. Spread it on the cakes before they are perfectly cold, and place one layer on another. This quantity makes two cakes. - Mrs. I. H.​

Photo by Stacy, CC-2.0

On January 19th we celebrate the 210th Birthday of General Robert E. Lee. To commemorate the occasion, I offer a recipe for Robert E. Lee Cake. Tradition holds that this was his favorite, though there are other stories about this cake as well that are attributable to occurrences between soldiers and civilians, the cake and romance!

There are many different recipes, but this particular one comes from "Housekeeping In Old Virginia" Edited By Marion Cabell Tyree, 1879.

Happy Birthday General!
 
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That is one rich cake! Quite good, too. Happy birthday, General Lee! It's funny that Jackson is the general remembered for loving lemons - Lee was always on the look-out for them because his wife used them to treat her RA. At Petersburg, a grim situation, he sent his staff out to scrounge up something citrus to send to his wife - he found three shriveled up little pitifuls! Off they went - ever the caring husband. :smile:
 
Albert. Thanks for providing this delicious recipe for this wonderful lemon cake. It appears to be a rather dense and moist cake that would be a great accompaniment with a nice hot cup of tea with honey. Happy Birthday General Lee. Everyone should enjoy a piece of General Lee's birthday cake. Cheers!!! David.
 
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