Lemon, Poppy Seeds & Blueberry Cake
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A cake with lemon and poppy seeds is irrezistible to me
It reminds me of childhood, grandparents… I was so happy when I discovered the Hummingbird Bakery lemon & poppy seed cake. Of course, I could not stop my self changing the quantity of poppy seeds, as I love it so much Besides, I doubled the quantity of this perfect lemon glaze. I even tried it with limes (just replaced 2 limes for 2 lemon). Delicious!
85 g unsalted butter, room temperature
245 g sugar
the grated zest of 1 lemon
100 g poppy seeds
170 ml milk
235 g flour
2 tsp baking powder
a pinch of salt
3 egg whites
Heat the oven at 170 degrees Celsius. Prepare a ring mould (preferably one with removable bottom), apply some butter and then flour.
Mix well the butter, sugar, lemon zest, poppy seeds. Slowly add the milk, until everything is well mixt. Don’t mind the split consistency. In another bowl mix the flour, baking powder and salt, then add it to the poppy seed mixture, in 3 portions, mixing very well each time. Carefully scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl with a silicon spatula, in order to have an omogene mixture. Beat the egg whites until soft peaks form; add it to the poppy seed mixture, mixing carefully, by hand. Pour it in the prepared mould and keep it in the oven for 30 minutes.
In the mean time prepare the lemon syrup and pour it over the freshly out of the oven cake. Let it cool in the mould for some time, then remove it. Once very cold, you can prepare the lemon glaze and pour it on top, then spread it with poppy seeds and blueberries.
Lemon syrup
1 lemon (juice + grated zest); 50 g sugar; 100 ml water
Bring to boil the water, sugar and lemon juice & zest, then let it simmer for a while, until you have the consistency of a syrup.
Lemon Glaze
Juice of one lime + 250 g of icing sugar
Mix very well the sugar and lemon juice, until you get a consistent cream, but still pourable. Pour it over the cooled cake.
Delicious!
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