While the recipe contains no actual cheese, Southerners have referred to this dessert as lemon cheesecake for generations. Go figure!
Recipe information
Yield
serves 16 to 20
Ingredients
1
1/2 sticks butter
2
cups sugar
3
1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3
1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1
cup milk
1
teaspoon vanilla
6
egg whites, beaten to stiff peaks
Icing
9
egg yolks
1
1/2 cups sugar
3
/4 pound (3 sticks) butter
Juice and zest of 4 lemons
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Preparation
Step 1
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cream butter; add sugar. Sift flour and baking powder together three times and add to butter alternately with milk and vanilla. Fold in egg whites. Bake in three greased 8-inch round pans for 35 minutes.
Icing
Step 2
Mix all ingredients together and cook in double boiler until thick, approximately 20 minutes. Allow cake to cool. Spread icing in between layers and on entire outside of cake.