Lemon Bread (Johnny Cash's Mother's Recipe)

mailbelle's Note:

Johnny Cash was my husband's cousin and I was lucky enough to obtain a cookbook of Johnny's mother's recipes titled, "Favorite Recipes From Mama Cash's Kitchen." I've been asked to post some of the recipes from the book and this is one of them.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Yield: 1 loaf

• ½ cup butter , cut up
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 lemon, rind of , grated
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• ½ cup lemon juice (about 2 lemons)

Directions:

1. Place butter and sugar in bowl; beat with electric mixer until creamy.
2. Add lemon rind, then eggs (one at a time), beating hard after each addition.
3. Stir in lemon juice.
4. Sift about 1/3 of the flour into the lemon mixture and beat well.
5. Add remaining flour and beat well.
6. Pour into greased, floured pan and bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes.
7. Turn out to cool.

Reviews

[Leah's Kitchen]

This seems like an old recipe. So I think the egg whites either need to be whipped up or there needs to be some baking powder. Tasted good though! I think next time I will try to separate the eggs and beat the whites.

[kansbaker]

This recipe needs baking powder or baking soda to make it rise I think.