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Lemon Poppy Seed Cake Recipe

Lemon Poppy seed cake recipe with step by step pictures. Moist and fluffy lemon flavoured poppyseed cake is a popular dessert recipe all over the world.
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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 442kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 cups All Purpose Flour (Maida) (240 grams)
  • 1¼ cup Sugar (250 grams)
  • 150 grams Unsalted Butter
  • 2 large Eggs
  • ½ tsp Baking Soda(Cooking Soda)
  • 3 tbsp Poppy Seeds
  • ¼ tsp Salt
  • 1 tbsp Lemon Zest
  • 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
  • 1 cup Buttermilk (240 ml)

For Glaze

  • 3 tbsp Lemon Juice
  • 4 tbsp Water
  • 3 tbsp Sugar

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 180 degree C. Grease a Bundt Cake Pan with Oil and dust generously with flour.
  • Take Flour, Baking Soda, Salt, Poppy seeds in a bowl. Whisk well to combine and set aside.
  • Take buttermilk, lemon juice and lemon zest in a bowl and mix well. Set aside.
  • Take softened butter, sugar in a large mixing bowl and use an electric beater to whisk till creamy and fluffy.
  • Add in one egg at a time and beat till creamy and fluffy.
  • Now add in half of the flour and half of the buttermilk mix. Beat on low speed for few seconds before adding remaining flour and buttermilk mixture. Now the batter his done. The batter will be light and fluffy.
  • Spoon the batter into the prepared baking pan and bake in the preheated oven for 45 mins to 1 hour.
  • Remove the cake pan from oven and let it cool for 10 mins.
  • Meanwhile make syrup. Take sugar, lemon juice and water in a sauce pan. Heat gently till sugar is melted.
  • Now invert the cake from the mould on a plate. Brush the cake generously with the syrup.
  • Let it cool down completely before slicing.

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Nutrition

Serving: 1servings | Calories: 442kcal | Carbohydrates: 63g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 90mg | Sodium: 126mg | Potassium: 130mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 38g | Vitamin A: 586IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 101mg | Iron: 2mg
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