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Double Lemon-Poppy Seed Bundt Cake

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  • Serves 16
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1. Ingredients

  1. 1/4 cup poppy seeds
  2. 1 1/2 cups whole-wheat pastry flour (see Ingredient Note)
  3. 1 cup all-purpose flour
  4. 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  5. 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  6. 1/4 teaspoon salt
  7. 1 cup buttermilk or equivalent buttermilk powder (see Tip)
  8. 1/4 cup canola oil
  9. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  10. 2 tablespoons freshly grated lemon zest
  11. 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  12. 2 large eggs, at room temperature (see Tip)
  13. 2 large egg whites, at room temperature
  14. 1 1/4 cups sugar
  15. 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar, plus more for dusting
  16. 3 tablespoons lemon juice
  17. 1 tablespoon water

Nutrition Info

Per Serving

  • Calories: 201 kcal
  • Carbohydrates: 35 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 1 g
  • Fat: 5 g
  • Protein: 4 g
  • Sugars: 22 g

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2. Cooking Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 10-inch (12-cup) Bundt pan, preferably nonstick, with cooking spray and dust with flour (or use cooking spray with flour).
  2. Toast poppy seeds in a small dry skillet over medium heat, stirring constantly, until fragrant, 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer to a plate to cool.
  3. Whisk whole-wheat flour, all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and the poppy seeds in a medium bowl. Combine buttermilk, oil, vanilla, lemon zest and lemon juice in a glass measuring cup.
  4. Beat eggs, egg whites and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer on high speed until thickened and pale, about 5 minutes.
  5. Fold the dry ingredients into the egg mixture with a rubber spatula, a third at a time, alternating with 2 additions of the buttermilk mixture. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan, spreading evenly.
  6. Bake the cake until the top springs back when touched lightly and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Let cool in the pan on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Loosen the edges and turn the cake out onto the rack.
  7. Meanwhile, prepare glaze: Sift 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar into a small bowl; mix with lemon juice and water to create a thin glaze. Poke 1-inch-deep holes all over the cake with a skewer. Coat the warm cake with the glaze using a pastry brush. Let cool completely. To serve, set the cake on a serving plate and dust with confectioners' sugar.

Yield: 16 servings

3. Still Hungry?

The central cone in a Bundt cake pan ensures that a dense cake batter--like the luscious buttermilk and lemon-flecked one here--cooks evenly and thoroughly. We love that Bundt cakes don't demand frosting--just let a sweet lemon glaze run over the warm cake and you've got perfection.

Notes:

Ingredient Tips

Whole-wheat pastry flour is milled from soft wheat. It contains less gluten than regular whole-wheat flour and helps ensure a tender result in delicate baked goods while providing the nutritional benefits of whole grains. Available in large supermarkets and in natural-foods stores. Store in the freezer.

You can use buttermilk powder in place of fresh buttermilk. Or make "sour milk": mix 1 tablespoon lemon juice or vinegar to 1 cup milk.

To bring cold eggs to room temperature quickly, place in a mixing bowl and set it in a larger bowl of warm water for a few minutes; the eggs will beat to a greater volume.

To separate eggs safely use an egg separator, an inexpensive gadget found in cookware stores; separating eggs by passing the yolk back and forth between pieces of eggshell or your hands can expose the eggs to bacteria.

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  • thin glaze

    karenschwinn@sbcglobal.net - July 17, 2009 10:09:01 PM PST
    we needed much more sugar in the glaze for the right consistency. next time I\\'d leave out the water.

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