Poppy Seed Cake - Piegusek - Ania's Polish recipe #4

Ingredients:

5 large eggs
1 cup unsalted butter (room temperature)
1 cup white all purpose flour
1 cup white granulated sugar
2 tsp baking powder
3/4 cup milk
1/2 cup poppy seeds
zest and juice of one lemon
icing sugar

Step #1
separate egg whites from egg yolks

Step #2
beat the egg whites until stiff picks and set aside

Step #3
zest half of the lemon, cut in half, keep juice from both halves separately

Step #4
Mix butter with sugar until creamy

Step #5
Add egg yolks, one at the time mixing

Step #6
Mix flour with baking powder and lemon zest, add to the batter, mix

Step #7
Add poppy seeds and mix

Step #8
Add lemon juice and mix than add flour and mix, add milk and mix again 

Step #9
Fold in the egg whites

Step #10
Spray you round baking pad and lay the bottom with the parchment paper

Step #11
Transfer the batter into the baking pan

Step #12
Bake in 180 Degrees Celsius for about 50 minutes

Step #13
Into the bowl with icing sugar add few tablespoons of lemon juice and mix. Add more sugar or juice to get nice creamy consistency of icing for the cake

Step #14
Cool the cake a little bit and remove from the baking pan

Step #15
Put the icing on the cake, let it set, cut and serve

Check this recipe video demonstration on YouTube here: Poppy Seed Cake

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