Best 3 Maida Heatters Best Darn Lemon Cake Ever Recipes
Are you craving a delightful lemon cake that tantalizes your taste buds with its burst of citrusy flavor and fluffy texture? Look no further than Maida Heatter's Best Darn Lemon Cake Ever! Celebrated for its exceptional taste and ease of preparation, this remarkable recipe promises to turn any occasion into a memorable celebration. With its perfectly balanced sweetness and tanginess, Maida Heatter's masterpiece is sure to become a cherished favorite in your culinary repertoire.
Here are our top 3 tried and tested recipes!
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
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
Tips:
- For a finer textured cake, use cake flour instead of all-purpose flour. Cake flour has a lower protein content, which results in a more tender crumb.
- Make sure to cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. This will help incorporate air into the batter, resulting in a lighter, more airy cake.
- Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. This will help prevent the batter from curdling.
- Be careful not to overmix the batter. Overmixing can result in a tough, dense cake.
- Bake the cake in a preheated oven. This will help ensure that the cake bakes evenly.
- Let the cake cool completely before frosting. This will help prevent the frosting from melting.
Conclusion:
Maida Heatter's Best Darn Lemon Cake Ever is a classic recipe that is sure to please everyone. The cake is moist and flavorful, with a perfect balance of sweetness and tartness. The lemon glaze is the perfect finishing touch, adding a bright and citrusy flavor. This cake is perfect for any occasion, from birthdays to potlucks to holiday gatherings.
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