Joanne Fluke's Pucker up Lemon Cake Recipe

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Joanne Fluke's Pucker up Lemon Cake
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Ingredients
12
Count
Nutrition
2360
Calories
Total time
65
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1 large lemon
  • 1/3 cup pecans
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1 tsp lemon extract (or vanilla if you don'tsp have lemon)
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/4 cup milk

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Spray a 9 x 13 cake pan with non-stick spray and set aside.
  3. Wash the outside of your lemon and pat dry. Cut in half and juice the lemon, reserving the liquid to use later. Pick out the seeds and cut each half into four pieces.
  4. Put these 8 pieces along with the raisins and the pecans into a food processor and pulse until very finely chopped. That's right, you're using the entire lemon in this cake. Set this mixture aside.
  5. In your electric mixer bowl, add one cup of flour, the salt, baking soda, and sugar. Mix them on LOW for about 30 seconds.
  6. Add the second cup of flour and mix on LOW for about 30 seconds.
  7. Add the softened butter, the lemon extract and 3/4 cup of milk. Beat on LOW until the flour is well moistened. Then turn the mixer up to MEDIUM-HIGH and beat for 2 minutes.
  8. Shut off the mixer and scrape down the sides of the bowl.
  9. Turn the mixer on LOW and add the eggs, one at a time, beating continuously. Now add the last of the milk.
  10. Once everything is incorporated, turn the mixer up to MEDIUM-HIGH and beat for 2 minutes. Turn off the mixer, remove the bowl and scrape down the sides.
  11. Gradually add the ground lemon, raisin and pecan mixture, folding it in gently so you don't deflate all that lovely air you just beat into the mixture.
  12. Pour into your prepared pan and smooth out as evenly as possible. This batter is a bit stiff.
  13. Bake for 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove to a wire rack.
  14. While the cake is still warm, drizzle 1/3 cup of the fresh lemon juice over the surface of the cake. It will instantly be absorbed.
  15. In a small bowl, combine 1/2 cup white sugar and 1 tsp ground cinnamon until well mixed. Sprinkle this cinnamon/sugar mixture over the still warm cake.
  16. Optional: Sprinkle 1/4 cup finely chopped pecans on top of the cinnamon/sugar mixture.
  17. Let your cake cool to room temperature, cover with plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator. This will keep your cake nice and moist.
  18. You can serve the cake right out of the fridge or let it come to room temperature.
  19. It also freezes well if you wrap it in plastic wrap, then foil, and place the whole thing in a sealable freezer bag.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 2359.98 Kcal (9881 kJ)
Calories from fat 995.53 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 110.61g 170%
Cholesterol 310.46mg 103%
Sodium 5272.34mg 220%
Potassium 1390.14mg 30%
Total Carbs 321.21g 107%
Sugars 145.43g 582%
Dietary Fiber 24.25g 97%
Protein 36.34g 73%
Vitamin C 18.2mg 30%
Vitamin A 0.6mg 19%
Iron 13.6mg 75%
Calcium 714.5mg 71%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 330.46 Kcal (1384 kJ)
Calories from fat 139.4 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 15.49g 170%
Cholesterol 43.47mg 103%
Sodium 738.26mg 220%
Potassium 194.66mg 30%
Total Carbs 44.98g 107%
Sugars 20.36g 582%
Dietary Fiber 3.39g 97%
Protein 5.09g 73%
Vitamin C 2.6mg 30%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 19%
Iron 1.9mg 75%
Calcium 100mg 71%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 55.6
    Points
  • 65
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • good source of fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

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