Individual Orange and Poppy Seed Pound Cakes
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 1/4 cups (2 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 5 large eggs
- 1/3 cup orange juice
- 1 tablespoon grated orange peel
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup poppy seeds
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Butter and flour four 5 3/8 x 3 1/4 x 1 7/8-inch loaf pans.
- Sift flour, baking powder and salt into medium bowl.
- Using electric mixer, beat sugar and unsalted butter in large bowl until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Beat in orange juice, grated orange peel and vanilla extract (batter may look curdled).
- Beat in flour mixture.
- Fold in poppy seeds.
- Divide batter equally among prepared pans (about 1 1/2 cups each).
- Place pans in oven.
- Bake until tops of cakes are brown and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 55 minutes.
- Transfer pans to rack.
- Cool cakes 10 minutes.
- Cut around sides of pans to loosen cakes.
- Turn cakes out onto wire racks and cool completely.
- (Cakes can be prepared up to 1 week ahead.
- Wrap in aluminum foil; store cakes at room temperature.)
flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, unsalted butter, eggs, orange juice, vanilla, poppy seeds
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/individual-orange-and-poppy-seed-pound-cakes-943 (may not work)