LEMON POPPY SEED CAKE

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Lemon poppy seed cake has lemon sponge layers with poppyseeds and frosted with lemon cream cheese frosting.

Ingredients

SIMPLE SYRUP

water granulated sugar lemon

SPONGE CAKE

eggs granulated sugar vanilla extract AP flour fine sea salt lemon poppy seeds

Ingredients

ICING

unsalted butter cream cheese powdered sugar heavy whipping cream vanilla lemon juice

STEP 1: For the simple syrup, boil water and sugar. Once the sugar is dissolved, remove it from the heat. Mix in  the lemon juice and cool.

STEP 2: For the sponge cake, whisk the eggs until frothy. Stream in sugar and beat until meringue reaches stiff peaks.

STEP 3: Add in the egg yolks and vanilla and mix. Sift in the flour and mix in the salt, lemon juice, zest and poppy seeds until fully incorporated.

STEP 4: Distribute the batter among three 8-inch prepared pans. Bake for 22 min. Flip the cakes over on a tea towel to cool.

STEP 5: For the frosting, mix the butter and cream cheese until it becomes pale and fluffy. Add in the vanilla and lemon juice.

STEP 6: Add in the powdered sugar and salt and whip until combined. Turn up speed for 2 minutes then reduce. Stream in heavy whipping cream.

STEP 7: To assemble, place the sponge cake upside down on a cake stand and poke holes with a fork. Soak the cake with 1/3 of the simple syrup.

STEP 8: Spread 1/4 of the frosting on top. Repeat soaking and frosting with the next two layers. Refrigerate for 1 hr and frost the outside of the cake.

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