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Poppy seed and lemon cake

This flavour combination is trending right now - and rightly so. Here, lemon partners poppy seeds in a moist loaf-style cake.

43K 2× 3.9/5 based on 8 reviews

Last modified on: November 17^th 2019

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For 2 cakes, you will need:

1 50 g poppy seeds
2 360 g butter
3 360 g caster sugar
4 400 g Egg ( How to... )
5 400 g flour
6 20 g baking powder
7 10 g fine (or table) salt
8 2 lemons
Total weight: 1,860 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
9 min.	1 hour	45 min.	1 hour 54 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Preheat the oven to 300°F (150°C).

Lay a sheet of cooking parchment on a baking sheet and spread out 50 g poppy seeds on it.

Toast in the oven for just 5 minutes.

Leave to cool.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Put 360 g caster sugar and 360 g butter into a mixer bowl.

Start the mixer and beat until evenly mixed.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Add 400 g Egg, 400 g flour, 20 g baking powder, 10 g fine (or table) salt and the zest of 2 lemons.

Continue beating until evenly mixed.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Finish by adding the cold toasted poppy seeds. Beat for 1 further minute to mix in thoroughly.

Stage 5 - 1 hour

Transfer the mixture into a non-stick or well-buttered (or both) tin or mould.

It is not essential, but I recommend putting the tin in the fridge for an hour or more to firm up the mixture; this helps it rise better as it cooks.

Stage 6 - 40 min.

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C) and bake the cake for about 40 minutes.

Stage 7

Turn the cake out gently and leave to cool on a wire rack before serving.

Remarks

Do take care not to over-toast the poppy seeds. They are very small, so 5 minutes is plenty long enough.

For a more intense lemon flavour, add a little more lemon juice.

Keeping

A few days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
6,472 Kcal or 27,097 Kj	101 gr	686 gr	369 gr
324 %	39 %	65 %	56 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
348 Kcal or 1,457 Kj	5 gr	37 gr	20 gr
17 %	2 %	3 %	3 %

Per cake
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
3,236 Kcal or 13,548 Kj	51 gr	343 gr	184 gr
162 %	19 %	32 %	28 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Egg, Gluten

How much will it cost?

For 2 cakes : 7.81 €
Per cake : 3.91 €

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	Egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Caramel rice pudding, Polpete, Sesame cookies, How to cook hard-boiled eggs properly , Shiitake eggs, ... All
	Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fougasse with bacon and Comté, Special small breads, Panettone, Sweet pastry, Oaty walnut cake , ... All
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	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Coconut pyramids, Rum babas, Sesame cookies, Amaretti, Paris flan filling, ... All

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No, without.
Posted by jh november 18^th 2019 at 11:24 n° 2
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Do you measure the egg with shell?
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