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Almond Lemon Tea Cake
Cake
3/4 c + 2 T (95g) sifted cake flour
1/2 t baking powder
1/8 t salt
5 large eggs, room temperature
1 t vanilla
1 t lemon zest (1 lg or 2 medium lemons)
1 t orange zest (1 med orange)
7 oz (3/4 c) almond paste, room temperature
1 c (200 g) granulated sugar
8 oz (2 sticks, 225g) unsalted butter, room temperature, cut into 1T pieces
2 T poppy seeds (optional)
Citrus Glaze
Equipment
8 1/2“ tube pan, 5×9 loaf pan or other 7-8 c decorative pan
position rack in lower 1/3 of oven, preheat to 350 F
grease and flour pan
sift flour, baking powder, and salt (in order) into sifter, sift 3 times (or use triple sifter)
Food Processor
combine and lightly whisk eggs and vanilla in small bowl
pulse almond paste to break up; slowly incorporate the sugar
add butter 1T at a time, pulsing to mix and scraping down sides of bowl to incorporate
process until mixture is light in color and fluffy
slowly add egg mixture, scrape down sides of bowl
process
transfer to regular bowl
add poppy seeds and citrus zests and mix
add flour mixture in two batches
put in prepared pan
or
Stand Mixer
using paddle attachment, beat almond paste on low speed until it breaks up
slowly add granulated sugar in stream, beating until incorporated (if added too quickly, paste won't break up as well)
on low speed, add butter 1T at a time for ~1minute, scrape down sides of bowl
on medium speed, and beat until light and fluffy, 3-4 minutes
still on medium, add egg mixture in very slow, steady stream and mix until incorporated, scrape down sides of bowl
mix ~30 seconds on medium
add poppy seeds and citrus zest and mix by hand
add flour mixture in two batches, mixing until incorporated
put in prepared pan
Cook
bake 63 minutes (range 50-65, until top springs back when lightly touched and tester comes out clean)
cool in pan on wire rack for 6 minutes while making glaze
flip onto wire rack
Glaze
stir together lemon and orange juices with confectioners' sugar in small bowl
with wire rack over pan, brush entire outside of warm cake with glaze
allow to cool completely as cake is fragile while warm
Log
Serves: X Total cook time: X
Source: Tartine, Simple Art of Perfect Baking
recipe/almondcitruspoundcake.txt · Last modified: 2021/03/16 17:59 by john