Lemon-Scented Geranium Cake

Name: Lemon-Scented Geranium Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp baking powder; 4 larges eggs, separated; 9 lemon geranium leaves; 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice; 1 Tbsp freshly grated lemon zest; 237 milliliters milk; 8 servings Powdered sugar; 414 milliliters sugar; 710 milliliters unbleached all-purpose flour; 237 milliliters unsalted butter, softened

Lemon-Scented Geranium Cake is a vegetarian recipe with 8 servings. This recipe covers 14% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 661 calories, 11g of protein, and 27g of fat. Only a few people really liked this dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes. If you have milk, eggs, butter, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Coat a 9-inch round cake pan with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

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Cake Form

Place 6 or 7 geranium leaves, dull side up, in bottom of pan; set aside.

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Frying Pan

Mince remaining 2 or 3 leaves, and set them aside.

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Ground Meat

Beat butter and sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy.

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Butter

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Add egg yolks, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition. Stir in lemon juice.

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Lemon Juice

Egg Yolk

Add milk, and beat at low speed until blended. (Batter will look curdled.)

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Milk

Combine flour and baking powder. Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture, beating at low speed until blended. Stir in lemon zest and minced leaves.

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Baking Powder

Lemon Zest

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Beat egg whites until soft peaks form; gently fold into batter.

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Egg Whites

Pour batter into prepared pan.

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Frying Pan

Bake at 350 for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack 30 minutes. Invert to remove cake; cool completely on wire rack. Dust with powdered sugar.

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Powdered Sugar