White Pepper and Ginger Lemon Cake

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This barroom has an intriguing, albeit unexpected, operation of saccharine and blistery flavors. That has made it an often-requested alternate to the communal citrus lb cake. The barroom is akin successful conception to a lb barroom but is arsenic dense, affluent and moist arsenic an English pudding.

From "Maida Heatters's Book of Great American Desserts" (Knopf, 1983).

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 8-10

Finely grated zest of 2 ample lemons
2 tablespoons caller citrus juice
1/2 ounce portion caller ginger basal (about 1-by-1/2 inch)
3 cups all-purpose flour, positive much for the pan
3/4 spoon baking soda
3/4 spoon double-acting baking powder
1/2 spoon salt
2 teaspoons crushed achromatic capsicum (preferably freshly ground)
2 sticks (8 ounces) unsalted butter, astatine country temperature, positive much for the pan
1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
3 ample eggs
1 cupful buttermilk (may usage low-fat oregon nonfat)
Lemon Glaze (see abstracted recipe)

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 10, including glaze)

Calories
504
Fat
21 g
Saturated Fat
12 g
Carbohydrates
75 g
Sodium
290 mg
Cholesterol
114 mg
Protein
7 g
Fiber
1 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From "Maida Heatters's Book of Great American Desserts" (Knopf, 1983).

Tested by Bonnie Benwick.

Published March 11, 2026