lemon cake

Name: Lemon Cake
Ingredients: - 1 3/4 cup sugar, divided; - 1 cup butter; - 2 large eggs; - 2 tsp. vanilla extract; - 2 1/2 cups flour; - 1 tsp. baking powder; - 1/2 tsp. salt; - 1 tsp. baking soda; - 1 cup buttermilk; - grated peel and juice of 3 lemons; - 2 tbsp. poppy seeds

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Lynnda Cloutier

Mission Viejo, CA

Updated on Jan 25, 2012

This one is from Cooking the Costco Way.

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Ingredients

1 3/4 cup sugar, divided
1 cup butter
2 large eggs
2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
grated peel and juice of 3 lemons
2 tbsp. poppy seeds

How To Make lemon cake

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350

Step 2

In mixing bowl, cream 1 cup sugar and butter. Blend in eggs sand vanilla.
Step 3

In another bowl, mix flour, baking powder and salt. Stir into batter
Step 4

Stir baking soda into buttermilk and add to batter.
Step 5

Fold in grated lemon peel and poppy seeds,.
Step 6

Pour batter into a greased Bundt pan. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes or til cake is golden brown and has a crevice in the middle
Step 7

Meanwhile, mix lemon juice (about 1 cup) and 3/4 cup sugar in pan and simmer over low heat til sugar dissolves.
Step 8

When cake is done, let stand for 5 minutes, then drizzle sweetened lemon juice slowly over the top til it’s all absorbed. Makes 10 servings.
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