Lemon Butter Sauce for Cake
"This is a rich and bright sauce that is excellent with any heavy unfrosted cake. A classic from the Farm Journal magazine"
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1⁄4 cup water
- 1 egg, beaten
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
directions
- Add all ingredients to a small sauce pan Cook over med.
- heat, stirring constantly until it comes to a boil.
- Remove from heat, stir and cool slightly.
- Serve on cake.
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Reviews
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This needed quite a bit more lemon juice to make it tart & tangy like Grandma used to make. But doubling the lemon was just the trick and everything else was perfect! I'll use it again. Thanks! -
This was absolutely pefect! I was a little afraid of having the egg curdle, so I melted the butter over low heat, removed it from the burner and added the sugar, water, lemon juice and blended the egg in last, and returned it to the burner. I had never made a lemon sauce before and was very pleased with the results. I used it with Best Ever Gingerbread, #120865. Thank you for taking the time to post such a nice recipe!!
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United States
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