Lemon Cheese Cake...."Lucy Goosey"

Momma's "Lucy Goosey"

This is a picture of  "Lucy Goosey." The mother goose left her egg unattended so Momma took it over to my brother Steve's chicken incubator and waited for her to hatch. She was raised with the chicks she shared the incubator with. When she was large enough mother let her roam the yard with her. The other geese didn't accept Lucy to begin with. They chased her away, they wouldn't let her swim with them or eat with them. The herd chased Lucy and she ran straight to mother every time. For several months she had her own custom goose condo! She and mother were so tight that Lucy  actually rode on the golf cart seated next to mother! I missed that picture by a few seconds. Skeeter, mother's dog ran Lucy off before I could snap it. Eventually the other geese accepted Lucy. Now she roams the barn yard in the mornings with the others snatching up the loose horse feed, and sleeps and swims among all of them. And yes she still comes to mother when she calls her. :)

Momma's lemon cheese cake will be a special treat this Easter weekend. She uses Duncan Hines Butter cake mix and makes this wonderful creamy lemon icing. We are having our family reunion Saturday and this cake will be on the table! For a few minutes anyway!!

Lemon Cheese Cake

Bake Duncan Hines Butter Cake Mix in 4- 8" well greased and floured round pans. In my oven for 4 layers it takes about 12 min. at 375 degrees until they test done with toothpick. As soon as you take the cake out of the oven run a sharp knife around the edge to loosen. Let stand in the pan for a few min. Then turn the layers out on a cooling rack of a clean cotton dish towel.

Lemon Cheese Icing

3 large or 4 medium to small lemons zested and squezzed
8 egg yolks
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup butter
1 egg white

Seperate the eggs while they are cold.

Mix together lemon juice and zest, egg yolks, sugar and butter, and 1 egg white in large sauce pan. Cook over medium heat until thick enough to spread. Stir constantly do not leave it. This will probably take about 10 min. Remove from heat and let stand until cool enough to touch, then ice cake.

Lay small strips of wax paper on cake plate where the edges of cake layers will lay to keep icing off plate. When cake has cooled and the icing has cooled to point where you can touch without being burned layer icing and cake. Ice sides of cake also. Let stand for an hour and remove wax paper. Store at room temperature in Cake Dome. Do not refrigerate.