Poppy Seed Pound Cake with Plum Pluot Compote

Name: Poppy Seed Pound Cake with Plum Pluot Compote
Prep time: 5 h
Cook time: 5 h
Total time: 5 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking powder; 473 milliliters sifted cake flour (not self-rising; sift before measuring); 3 larges eggs, warmed in very warm water 10 minutes; 118 milliliters half-and-half at room temperature 30 minutes; 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice; 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest, divided; 8 servings Accompaniment: lightly sweetened whipped creamAccompaniment: lightly sweetened whipped cream; 1 teaspoons grated nutmeg; 907 grams firm-ripe plums and pluots, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch wedges; 59 milliliters poppy seeds; 1 teaspoons salt; 177 milliliters sugar, or to taste; 2 sticks unsalted butter, softened; 1 vanilla bean

Poppy Seed Pound Cake with Plum Pluot Compote requires about 5 hours from start to finish. One portion of this dish contains approximately 8g of protein, 31g of fat, and a total of 528 calories. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 8. Not a lot of people really liked this dessert. Head to the store and pick up nutmeg, lemon juice, firm-ripe plums and pluots, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle. Butter and flour a 9- by 5-inch loaf pan.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Loaf Pan

Oven

Whisk together flour, poppy seeds, baking powder, and salt.

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Baking Powder

Poppy Seeds

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Scrape seeds from vanilla bean with tip of a paring knife into a bowl, then add butter and sugar and beat with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes.

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Vanilla Bean

Butter

Seeds

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Knife

Bowl

Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. At low speed, add flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with half-and-half, beginning and ending with flour, and mixing until just incorporated.

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All Purpose Flour

Egg

Spoon batter into loaf pan, smoothing top.

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Loaf Pan

Bake until golden-brown and a wooden pick inserted into center comes out with crumbs adhering, 1 to 1 1/4 hours. Cool in pan 30 minutes. Run a knife around edge of cake to loosen, then invert cake onto a rack. Cool completely, right side up.

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Stir together fruit, 3/4 cup sugar, 1/2 teaspoon zest, and lemon juice in a heavy medium saucepan. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until fruit begins to fall apart and liquid is slightly syrupy, about 30 minutes.

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Lemon Juice