Lemon Poppyseed Cake with Fruit Compote
- 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon poppyseeds
- 2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup skim milk
- 2 teaspoons freshly grated lemon zest
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 large egg
- fruit compote
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 4 cups seasonal fruit (we used 1 cup quartered strawberries, 1 cup blackberries, and 1 plum and 1 nectarine, each cut into wedges)
- Have ready fruit compote.
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- and grease and flour an 8- by 2-inch cake pan, knocking out excess flour.
- In a bowl whisk together flour, sugar, cornstarch, poppyseeds, baking powder, and salt and with fingers blend in butter until incorporated.
- In a large measuring cup lightly beat together milk, zest, vanilla, and egg.
- Stir milk mixture into flour mixture until just blended and pour batter into pan.
- Bake cake 35 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean.
- Remove cake from pan and cool on a rack.
- Serve wedges of cake topped with fruit compote.
- In a small saucepan bring water with sugar, lemon juice, and thyme to a boil, stirring occasionally, and boil until sugar is dissolved.
- Cool syrup to room temperature and stir in vanilla.
- In bowl combine fruit and syrup and chill until cold.
- (Compote may be made 4 hours ahead and chilled, covered.)
- Makes about 4 cups.
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/lemon-poppyseed-cake-with-fruit-compote-12453 (may not work)