Lemon Pound Cake

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PRESENTATION

The plumcakes, which you can prepare with a different flavor every time, are the perfect allies for breakfast and snack time. Today we offer you the fragrant lemon plumcake, an easy and quick recipe that can be prepared without a mixer or stand mixer. To the very soft and lemon-scented dough, we also added poppy seeds, as in the famous lemon poppy seed cake: a delicate crunchy note that reminds you of the taste of a sweet hazelnut. Since plumcakes entered our kitchen, they immediately enchanted us, but the lemon plumcake will make you fall in love. Try it and let us know!

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INGREDIENTS

Ingredients (for a flared mold of 26x11 cm)
Type 00 flour 1 ½ cup (180 g)
Sugar 0.8 cup (160 g)
Eggs 5.5 oz (155 g) - about 3 medium
Butter (150 g)
Potato starch 6 tbsp (50 g)
Lemon juice 1 ½ tbsp (25 g)
Lemon peel 2
Powdered yeast for sweets 1.1 tbsp (16 g)
Poppy seeds 1.4 tsp (7 g)
For the mold
Butter to taste
Type 00 flour to taste
Preparation

How to prepare Lemon Pound Cake

To prepare the lemon plumcake, first melt the butter and let it cool slightly. Meanwhile, sift together in a large bowl: the flour 1, the cornstarch 2, and the baking powder 3.

In another bowl, break the eggs, add the sugar 4, and mix for a few minutes with a hand whisk 5. Scent with grated lemon zest 6.

Then pour in the juice 7 and the mix of dry ingredients 8. Also, add the poppy seeds 9.

Finally, add the melted butter 10. Now that all ingredients are incorporated 11, pour the mixture into a 10x4 inch flared mold, buttered and floured 12.

Dip a scraper in a bit of melted butter 13 and create a long line that divides the batter 14. Bake the plumcake in a preheated static oven at 375°F for about 45 minutes; perform the toothpick test to be sure. When it's ready, let your lemon plumcake cool before enjoying it 15.

Storage

The lemon plumcake keeps for 2-3 days covered in a cool place.

Tip

Poppy seeds can be omitted if you prefer, or you can replace them with pine nuts to be placed on the surface just before baking.

If desired, you can replace half the lemon juice and zest with orange juice and zest, or with grapefruit or bergamot (be careful of the characteristic bitter note).

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