Mom's Margarine Cake

15 Reviews

Prep: 10 min
Cook: 1 hr
Ready In: 1 hr 10 min

“I searched and searched for this recipe on the web. Never did find it. Luckily, I found a scrap of paper with the instructions scribbled on it! This is the best cake! Mom used to make it all the time as we were growing up.” - by JWOWEN

Ingredients

3 cups white sugar
1 1/2 cups margarine or butter, softened
5 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon lemon juice
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup evaporated milk

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Original recipe yields 1 - 9 inch tube cake

Directions

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9 inch tube pan.
In a large bowl, cream together the sugar and margarine until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla and lemon juice. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; mix into the batter alternating with the milk just until blended. Pour into the prepared pan.
Bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted into the crown comes out clean. Cool in the pan for at least 10 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (12 total)

Calories
567 cal
28%

Fat
26.4 g
41%

Carbs
76.6 g
25%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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Reviews (15)

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Nana Sidek

May. 28, 2008

"I make this cake yesterday. Use all-purpose flour instead of cake flour and 1/2 cup of sugar less. The texture was very nice which is soft and moist. Taste just like the cake that my mom bake 30 years..." See more ago."

safee

Dec. 15, 2006

"I've made this cake many times now. Its easy to make and delicious too. It is very sweet but when I tried making it with less sugar it didnt taste quite as nice...." See more"

kerstin

Mar. 26, 2010

"no problems with this cake,used all purpose flour and a bundt pan,i took one cup of the batter out and addet 1/4 cups unsweetened cocoa,i swirled it with a butter knife into the rest of the batter in ..." See morethe bundt pan.came out great ."

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