Apple and Poppy Seed Cake Scented with Lemon

(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)

Source: Cooking Secrets of the C.I.A.- Chef Ron DeSantis, C.M.C, and Amy Coleman, M.S., R.D.

Serves 12 people

Categories: Sweet Breads- Coffee Cakes

Ingredients

  • 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 Tbsp. baking powder
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 cup applesauce
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp. grated lemon zest
  • 2 Tbsp. poppy seeds

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 10-inch Bundt pan with vegetable oil spray or coat it with butter and flour.

  2. Sift the flour and baking powder together into a large bowl. In a medium bowl, beat the eggs and add all the remaining ingredients. Mix the egg mixture into the flour until well combined.

  3. Pour the batter into the prepared Bundt pan and bake for 1 hour, or until a skewer of toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Place on a rack to cool completely before unmolding.

  4. This cake can be prepared in muffin tins for individual servings as well. Decrease baking time to 20 to 25 minutes.

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