Lemon Poppy Seed Cake

Name: Lemon Poppy Seed Cake
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 3 cups cake flour; 1 tbsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp salt; 2 tbsp lemon zest (about 3-4 lemons); 8 oz butter or margarine; 2 cups sugar; 4 eggs; 1 tbsp vanilla extract; 3/4 cup milk; 1/4 cup lemon juice; 3 tbsp black poppy seeds

Priscilla Njogu Oduor @cook_10161312

Mombasa

This cake is super soft and yummy with lemon and poppy seeds.

Priscilla Njogu Oduor @cook_10161312

Mombasa

This cake is super soft and yummy with lemon and poppy seeds.

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Ingredients

1 hour

12 servings

3 cupscake flour
1 tbspbaking powder
1/2 tspsalt
2 tbsplemon zest (about 3-4 lemons)
8 ozbutter or margarine
2 cupssugar
4eggs
1 tbspvanilla extract
3/4 cupmilk
1/4 cuplemon juice
3 tbspblack poppy seeds

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Steps

1 hour

1

Whisk the flour, baking poweder and salt. Add lemon zest and whisk again.
2

Combine milk and lemon juice and stir then set aside for the milk to curdle.
3

Beat the butter/margarine and sugar until pale and fluffy stop to scrape down the bowl.
4

With a mixer on low, add eggs one at a time, Mix well after each egg.
5

Add vanilla extract and mix to combine.
6

Add flour in 3 batches alternating with milk and ending with flour. Dont over mix.
7

Add the poppy seeeds and mix to combine. Scrape the bowl.
8

Preheat the oven to 350 degress. Butter and flour your pan and line with parchment paper.
9

Divide your batter into the preferred pans and smooth the tops with a spatula or knife.
10

Bake for 25-27 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean.
11

Let it cooll in pans for 10-15 minutes then remove and put on the wire ract to finish cooling.
12

You can frost it Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting or any frosting of your choice.