The recipe for making a poppy seed cake is very simple, and the result is surprising - you get delicate and aromatic pastries. If you put a little effort, watering the finished cake with icing or soaking with cream, you will get a very tasty dessert. The secret to the wonderful taste of the lemon-poppy cake lies in the impregnation - lemon juice syrup.
It is necessary
- - 350 g of sugar;
- - 300 g flour;
- - 125 g sour cream;
- - 175 g butter;
- - 4 eggs;
- - 2 small lemons;
- - 3 tbsp. poppy spoons;
- - baking powder, salt, quicklime soda.
Instructions
Step 1
Remove 1 tbsp from the lemon. spoon of zest. Squeeze juice from both lemons and set aside. You will need it to make the syrup.
Step 2
Mix flour, poppy seeds, salt, baking powder, baking soda separately.
Step 3
Whisk butter with 300 g sugar and lemon zest, add eggs one at a time. The result is a lush mass.
Step 4
Add sour cream and flour mixture to the mass, whisking well after each addition.
Step 5
Pour the dough into a mold, bake for 45-50 minutes at 180 degrees. Check the readiness of the cake with a wooden stick or a toothpick - it should come out of the cake completely dry, but if there are wet lumps of dough on it, then the baking is not yet ready.
Step 6
Prepare the syrup, it's simple: heat the lemon juice in a saucepan, add the remaining sugar (50 grams), stir until it is completely dissolved.
Step 7
Cool the cake slightly, saturate it with lemon syrup, sprinkle with powdered sugar on top.
