Lemon Poppy Seed Butter Cake Recipe

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Lemon Poppy Seed Butter Cake
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Ingredients
12
Count
Nutrition
317
Calories
Total time
21
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
  2. Grease and flour a 10-inch (2 L) tube pan, plain or fluted.
  3. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt onto a sheet of waxed paper and resift twice more.
  4. Beat butter in mixer bowl on moderately high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
  5. Add granulated sugar in two additions, beating for 2 minutes after each addition.
  6. Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating on high speed for 1 minute after each addition and scraping down sides of bowl often with rubber spatula.
  7. Beat in lemon zest and vanilla.
  8. On low speed, beat in flour mixture in three additions and buttermilk in two, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
  9. Stir in poppy seeds.
  10. Beat egg whites in clean mixer bowl with clean beaters until foamy.
  11. Add pinch of salt; continue beating just until firm, not stiff, peaks form.
  12. Stir about one fourth of the beaten whites into batter to lighten; fold in remaining whites carefully but thoroughly.
  13. Pour batter into prepared pan; bake in lower third of oven until wooden pick inserted into cake is withdrawn clean and dry, about 55 minutes.
  14. Cool cake in pan 10 minutes.
  15. Turn out of pan onto wire rack to cool completely; if plain tube pan was used, invert cake onto second rack to cool, right side up.
  16. At serving time, sprinkle top of cake with confectioners' sugar.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 317.18 Kcal (1328 kJ)
Calories from fat 136.01 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 15.11g 23%
Cholesterol 73.11mg 24%
Sodium 187.21mg 8%
Potassium 176.1mg 4%
Total Carbs 41.36g 14%
Sugars 23.06g 92%
Dietary Fiber 1.76g 7%
Protein 5.04g 10%
Vitamin C 3.9mg 6%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 5%
Iron 1mg 6%
Calcium 126.3mg 13%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 326.29 Kcal (1366 kJ)
Calories from fat 139.92 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 15.55g 23%
Cholesterol 75.21mg 24%
Sodium 192.58mg 8%
Potassium 181.16mg 4%
Total Carbs 42.55g 14%
Sugars 23.72g 92%
Dietary Fiber 1.81g 7%
Protein 5.19g 10%
Vitamin C 4mg 6%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 5%
Iron 1mg 6%
Calcium 129.9mg 13%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 7.3
    Points
  • 9
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

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