What a great cake to make for afternoon tea to have with a pot of tea is this amazing looking lemon poppy seed pound cake , I love the flavours of lemon a poppy seeds together a really nice cake to make .. it is easy to cut into slices giving everyone a slice of heaven
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Here below is the recipe and the video tutorial too both from the YouTube channel
Ingredients
Makes about 12 servings
1 3/4 cups (220g) all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp (2g) salt
1 1/2 tsp (6g) baking powder
1/4 tsp (1.5g) baking soda
3 tbsp (30g) poppy seeds
lemon zest of 2 lemons
1/3 cup (75g) butter, softened
3/4 cup (150g) sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp (5g) vanilla extract
1/3 cup (70g) oil
1/2 cup (120g) buttermilk
Lemon Glaze
4 tbsp (60ml) lemon juice
1/4 cup (50g) sugar
1. Preheat oven to 350F (180C). Grease and dust with flour one 9x5in (23x13cm) loaf pan.
2. In a medium bowl whisk flour with salt, baking powder, baking soda, poppy seeds and lemon zest. Set aside until ready to use.
3. In a large bowl mix butter with sugar until combined. Incorporate eggs one at a time . Mix in vanilla extract and oil.
4. Gradually add flour mixture alternating with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Pour the mixture into the prepared pan.
5. Bake at 350F (180C) for about 1 hour until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
6. Prepare the lemon glaze. In a small saucepan add sugar and lemon juice. Heat over low-medium heat until sugar dissolves.
7. Use a skewer to poke the pound cake over the top and brush the lemon glaze over the warm pound cake.
8. Let it cool completely before serving.
