'SALT' Fine Living and Travel on Vancouver Island - Magazine

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 'SALT' 

Fine Living & Travel On Vancouver Island. 

 Homemade Bread and Local Goat Cheese
(posted November 29th, 2010)

Page 13

Burgers and Shoestring Fries

Monday's Dinner

Stopped at the butcher and picked up fresh ground Chuck
and made Burgers.

Usually I hand cut fries,
 but this time I got out the  "feared" Mandoline
 and made Shoestring Fries.

Lemon Poppy Seed Cake

I had eight egg yolks that I needed to do something with.

So I went looking for an "eight egg yolk" cake and found this wonderful

Lemon Poppy Seed Cake on Smitten Kitchen.

This cake is not overly sweet, 

but it is very, very light.

Lemony and full of 

Poppy Seeds.

Lemon Poppy Seed Cake - PRINT RECIPE

Source:  Kurt Gutenbrunner Food & Wine

2/3 cup sugar
8 large egg yolks
1 large whole egg
1 1/2 tablespoons finely grated lemon zest (from 2 lemons)
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cornstarch
2 sticks (1/2 pound) unsalted butter, melted
1/2 cup poppy seeds

MY NOTES:  I added 2 teaspoons vanilla

Preheat the oven to 325°. Butter and flour an 8-inch fluted Bundt or tube pan. Butter the dull side of a 10-inch piece of foil.

In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk, beat the sugar with the egg yolks and whole egg at medium-high speed until the mixture is pale yellow and very fluffy, about 8 minutes. Beat in the lemon zest. Sift the flour and cornstarch over the egg mixture and fold in with a rubber spatula. At medium speed, beat in the butter, (vanilla) then beat in the poppy seeds.

Pour the batter into the prepared pan and cover tightly with the buttered foil. Bake for 45 minutes, or until the cake pulls away from the side of the pan and a cake tester inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Remove the foil and let the cake cool in the pan on a rack for 15 minutes.
Invert the cake onto the rack and let cool completely before serving, at least 30 minutes.

Make Ahead The cake can be wrapped in plastic and foil and left at room temperature for up to 3 days.