http://leitesculinaria.com/3013/recipes-barefoot-contessa-lemon-cake.html This James Beard Award-winning site from David Leite offers food writing, cookbook and Portuguese recipes, giveaways, more. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:32:46 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://leitesculinaria.com/3013/recipes-barefoot-contessa-lemon-cake.html#comment-6345 Testers Choice Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:34:40 +0000 http://leitesculinaria.com/wordpress/?p=3013#comment-6345 [Joan Osborne] This was the perfect recipe for me to make on a cold winter day to give me a little taste of summer. Of course it would also be a welcome summer dessert. The cake is tart but not to tart. In my opinion the perfect balance of sweetness to tart. 1/3 cup zest is quiet a bit so a good zester is a handy tool (note to self - get a better zester). The lemon juice and sugar that you cook together to make the syrup didn't get very thick but sure gave the cake another jolt of luscious lemon. All my tasters but one really enjoyed this cake. I'll definitely make this one again.and next time will take it to the next level by making some lemon curd to serve as suggested by Ina. [Joan Osborne] This was the perfect recipe for me to make on a cold winter day to give me a little taste of summer. Of course it would also be a welcome summer dessert. The cake is tart but not to tart. In my opinion the perfect balance of sweetness to tart. 1/3 cup zest is quiet a bit so a good zester is a handy tool (note to self – get a better zester). The lemon juice and sugar that you cook together to make the syrup didn’t get very thick but sure gave the cake another jolt of luscious lemon. All my tasters but one really enjoyed this cake. I’ll definitely make this one again.and next time will take it to the next level by making some lemon curd to serve as suggested by Ina.

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