Trio of Mini Pound Cakes

Name: Trio of Mini Pound Cakes
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 9
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 very ripe banana; 59 milliliters mini chocolate chips; 4 larges eggs; 355 milliliters all-purpose flour; 2 Tbsps fresh lemon juice; 1 teaspoons finely grated lemon zest; 1 Tbsp poppy seeds; 1 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters sugar; 237 milliliters (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened; 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; 59 milliliters whole milk

Trio of Mini Pound Cakes might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 9. One portion of this dish contains approximately 6g of protein, 24g of fat, and a total of 415 calories. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. Head to the store and pick up sugar, poppy seeds, milk, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Prep mix-ins

In small bowl, combine poppy seeds and lemon juice. Set aside. In second small bowl, toss together chocolate chips and flour. Set aside. In third small bowl, gently mash banana. Set aside.

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Chocolate Chips

Lemon Juice

Poppy Seeds

Banana

All Purpose Flour

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Bowl

Make batter

Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 9 (4-ounce) disposable mini loaf pans. (If using nondisposable metal pans, butter them, then line with parchment paper and butter paper.)

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Butter

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Baking Paper

Loaf Pan

Oven

In medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. In large bowl, using electric mixer fitted with whisk attachment, beat butter at high speed until creamy, about 3 minutes.

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Baking Powder

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Hand Mixer

Whisk

Bowl

Add sugar and beat until mixture is light and somewhat fluffy, about 2 minutes.

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Sugar

Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well at low speed after each addition, then beat in vanilla.

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Vanilla

Egg

Add 1/3 of flour mixture and beat at low speed until not quite combined, about 30 seconds.

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All Purpose Flour

Add 1/3 of milk and and beat at low speed until not quite combined, about 30 seconds. Repeat with remaining flour mixture and milk, adding in 2 more batches of each. Beat at low speed just until smooth.

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All Purpose Flour

Milk

Pour 1/3 of batter into medium bowl. Gently stir in poppy seed-lemon juice mixture and lemon zest. Divide among 3 of prepared pans.

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Lemon Juice

Lemon Zest

Poppy Seeds

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Bowl

Pour 1/2 of remaining batter into medium bowl. Gently fold in chocolate chip-flour mixture and mashed banana. Divide among 3 of prepared pans.

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Mashed Banana

Chocolate

All Purpose Flour

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Bowl

Divide remaining vanilla batter among remaining 3 prepared pans.

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Vanilla

Place all pans on large baking sheet.

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Baking Sheet

Bake until cakes are puffed and firm to touch and tester inserted into the center comes out with few crumbs attached, about 30 to 40 minutes. Cook on rack.

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Oven

When cool, wrap each cake in plastic wrap, then parchment or wax paper. Label, stack in groups of 3 (1 of each kind), and tie together with ribbon or twine.

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Wrap