Cooking with Paula Deen

Crazy for Cornmeal

LEMON POPPY SEED CORNMEAL CAKE

Makes 1 (6- to 8-cup) fluted cake

1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1½ cups sugar
3 large eggs
1 tablespoon lemon zest
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup finely ground plain yellow cornmeal
1 tablespoon poppy seeds
1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon kosher salt
⅓ cup whole buttermilk
Lemon Sugar Glaze (recipe follows)

1. Preheat oven to 325°.

2. In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar with a mixer at medium speed until fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes, stopping to scrape sides of bowl. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in lemon zest and juice and vanilla.

In a medium bowl,

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