Luby's Lemon Sour Cream Cake

Source: We Love Recipes - This is a recipe from Luby's Cafeteria in Texas which is very popular.

1 cup softened butter

1/2 cup solid all-vegetable shortening

3 cups granulated sugar

5 extra-large eggs

1 cup sour cream

1/4 cup whole milk

3 cups flour sifted with

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

2 teaspoons lemon extract

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Lemon Sauce (recipe follows)

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

In a large bowl, cream butter, shortening and sugar until smooth and fluffy.

Add eggs, one at a time, then add sour cream and milk, mixing until smooth. Blend flour mixture into batter with a rubber spatula, stir in the extracts.

10-inch tube pan and bake

1 hour

30 minutes or until a tester inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake in the pan

10 minutes. Remove the cake from pan and cool on a rack. Drizzle with Lemon Sauce to serve.

Lemon Sauce

2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted

4 tablespoons melted butter

1/2 cup fresh lemon juice

In a medium-size bowl, whisk together sugar, butter and lemon juice until smooth.