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Lemon Pound ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Cake Ingredients For the Pound Cake: 3 sticks unsalted butter room temperature 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature one brick 1 teaspoon salt 2 1/2 cups granulated sugar 1 package lemon instant pudding (just use the mix/don't cook this!) 3.4 ounce 6 large eggs room temperature 3 cups sifted cake flour 3 1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon zest For the Lemon Glaze: 1 1/3 cups powdered sugar sifted 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice Optional: lemon zest for garnish Instructions For the Pound Cake: Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Add room temperature cream cheese, butter and salt to large mixing bowl and begin creaming on high speed until smooth. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Slowly add sugar and instant pudding to bowl and cream until light and fluffy which takes about 5-7 minutes. Lower speed of mixer to medium and add one egg at a time and mix until incorporated. Slow mixer to slowest speed and add flour one cup at a time into bowl until just incorporated. Do not overbeat at this point. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Add lemon zest to bowl and mix. Once everything is incorporated, pour cake batter into greased and floured or baking sprayed 12 cup bundt or tube pan Bake for 1 hour and 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool in the pan for 10 minutes then remove cake and place on cooling rack for an hour or until it is completely cooled. For the Glaze: Whisk together powdered sugar and lemon juice until smooth. If it is too runny, add a bit more sugar or if it is too thick, add a little bit more lemon juice. You want to consistency to coat the back of a spoon but slide off easily. Drizzle on top of cooled cake, sprinkle with lemon zest and serve. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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I'm having some trouble figuring something out and since most of the people here probably know more about valvetrains than me would an hydraulic lifter made for a 7mm valve stem work with a 6mm valve stem? From what I have seen, it should work, since it's not like the valve goes inside the lifter, it just gets pushed by it. Another question, in a cylinder head with 6mm valves from stock, using the appropriate hardware (stem seals) and without changing the head itself, would 7mm valves fit? The thing here is, I need a cylinder head for my E34 and specific ones for it are hard to come by (cast #1720840), but the ones for the next iteration of the engine and the next generation too are more common (cast #1738400) and both can be fitted to my block, and as far as I know, the cam trays are interchangeable, which makes those and the cams themselves a non-issue. Cast 1720840 came with 7mm valves, cast 1738400 came with 6mm valves. Most 1738400's I see for sale only come with the valves and springs still fitted (stem seals and retainers still there I would say ahah; spring setup is also different between the casts but I don't that is an issue), which means I would be missing the lifters, cam trays and cams but I have those from my original engine, so I would be interested in knowing if a frankenstein of some sort would work using the 1738400 cast, since finding the one specific for my engine is turning out to be almost impossible.