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Lemon Poppy Seed Cake with Lemoncello…YUM!

May 16, 2014 By Patty Limatola-Tanenbaum 2 Comments

So what’s that saying?  Oh yeah, “when life gives you lemons, make lemon-aid”…I’d say to make a lemon drop but I’m not so good at making mixed drinks…yet!

Well this week, my life has been a little crazy, have you ever had one of those weeks?  I was feeling like everything was going sour for me, just like a lemon so…I decided I needed to bake lol.   I looked in my refrigerator and found some Limoncello and thought why not make a lemon poppy seed cake.  For those of you who live here in California, it’s been 100 degrees, just crazy…so, silly me, of course, I decide to bake a lemon poppy seed cake when it’s 100 degrees outside and my air conditioner is broke!

This recipe was adapted from a recipe that I believe my mother in law gave me, although I think her recipe had dry sherry in it and mine doesn’t so I’m not sure where this recipe came from but I can share that it was so moist and delicious that it was well worth baking, anytime, even  in 100 degree weather.  Plus I really wanted something sweet.

This recipe starts with a box of cake…yes a box of cake mix, you add your eggs, pudding mix

Lemon Poppyseed Cake - Pre mixed

you mix it until it’s all mixed through

Lemon Poppyseed Cake - mixed

I added the Limoncello

Lemon Poppyseed Cake - limoncello

then the poppy seeds and mixed again

Lemon Poppyseed Cake - poppy seeds added

as you can see it’s a very thick batter, I put it in a bundt pan

Lemon Poppyseed Cake - in pan

baked it until it was cooked through

Lemon Poppyseed Cake - baked in pan

after it cooled down, I removed it from the pan and lightly dusted some powder sugar on top

Lemon Poppyseed Cake

MMMmmmmmmMMmmmmm, then I sliced it

Lemon Poppyseed Cake

I know this may not feel like a homemade cake or I may get emails that this is not from scratch, I’m going to own that now, you are correct, it’s a cake from a box that I changed and it came out AMAZING…let’s face it, we can’t always do cakes from scratch, and boxed cakes modified can be just as rewarding.  This cake put a smile on my face and that’s all that really mattered, to me.

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Lemon Poppy Seed Cake…YUM!

Ingredients

  • 1 box White cake mix
  • 3.4 ounces Vanilla instant pudding mix
  • 4 large Eggs
  • 1 cup Lemon yogurt (I used plain and it was fine)
  • 1/2 cup Buttermilk
  • 1/2 cup Vegetable oil
  • 1/3 cup Poppy seeds
  • 3 tablespoons Lemoncello or fresh lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon Lemon zest, finely chopped

Directions

  1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Prepare you bundt pan with pam and dust with cake mix. Shake out excess flour. Set aside.
  2. Put the cake mix, pudding, yogurt, oil, buttermilk and eggs in a bowl and mix well. Add your lemoncello, poppy seeds and lemon zest and mix well.
  3. The batter should look thick and well blended and the poppy seeds should be evenly distributed. Pour the batter into the prepared pan, smoothing it out with the rubber spatula.
  4. Bake the cake until it's golden brown and springs back, approx. 45-50 min. Remove from oven and place ion a wire rack to cool for 20 minutes. Remove cake and let cool completely on a wire rack for 30+ minutes. Enjoy!
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Spinach Salad with Poppyseed Dressing & Poached Egg

February 27, 2013 By Patty Limatola-Tanenbaum Leave a Comment

So it’s “Tasty Tuesday” and I have an amazing salad recipe for you…I have to warn you to keep your mind open for this one as it sounds far out but I will also say that this salad is one of our favorite salads ever.  The first time I made it at home, I did a video tape of my daughter Kelsi eating this salad and all I heard from her was MmMmmmm…she couldn’t even talk.  With the awards on on Sunday, my daughter requested the salad.

When I mentioned to have an open mind, I have to share my story.  When I went to culinary school, our first class was all about salad.  Who would think there was so much to think about in making a salad and that there could be such diversity in a salad.  I realized in that first class that I had to have an open mind when it came to trying new things and that I really  needed to embrace this new experience.

I know what you are thinking “what’s this have to do with salad and trying new experiences”.  Well, let me tell you.  When we first started off, we started with basic ingredients, spinach, bacon, tomato, goat cheese and hearts of palm.  Then out of know where we put a poached egg on top and we drizzled the poppyseed dressing on top.  I initially thought “no way” then I thought, i’m spending enough money on this culinary class that I better try it.  With the yolk dripping into the spinach and the sweet dressing, I thought “no way”.  Others tried it and liked it so I dipped in and tried it…it was like a “party in my mouth” lol,  You had the salty flavor from the bacon, the sweet dressing, the rich yolk the tomato…OMG, my mouth is watering just thinking about it again (lol).

Basically you take your ingredients and you take it from here…

Topping for Spinach Salad

to here…

Spinach Salad with Egg

As weird as this salad sounds, I promise you that you will love it…if you have the courage to try it.  While I didn’t post our poppyseed dressing, you can purchase your favorite one at the market or you can use your favorite poppyseed dressing you make at home.

Enjoy!

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A French Spinach Salad with Poppyse

Ingredients

  • A handful Spinach, pre-washed
  • 1 Hearts of Palm, drained and cut in fourths lengthwise.
  • 2 ounces Goat cheese, crumbled
  • 1 small Tomato, cluster vine ripened, cut into wedges per salad (leave seeds in)
  • 1 large Egg for poaching
  • To poach the eggs
  • 1 teaspoon White wine vinegar and a pinch of salt for poaching the eggs
  • 1/4 cup Dressing per salad

Directions

  1. To poach your egg(s), put water in a pot with the vinegar and salt. Bring the water to a soft boil, create a small "whirlpool" with your water and with a perforated spoon, drop eggs 1 at a time and poach for 3 minutes you want that yolk so don't over cook it!
  2. In large mixing bowl add spinach, goat cheese and your poppyseed dressing...toss well.
  3. Arrange salad on your plate, add your chopped bacon, hearts of palm and tomato.
  4. Place you egg in center of the salad. You can drizzle extra poppyseed dressing if needed. To eat this salad cut into your egg and allow the yolk to fall into the salad as extra dressing. YUM!
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