Pepper Pound Cake

Directions

1. 1
   Preheat the oven to 325.
2. 2
   Butter and flour a 10-inch bundt pan.
3. 3
   Sift the flour with the baking powder into a medium bowl.
4. 4
   In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the butter with the sugar at high speed until light and fluffy.
5. 5
   Beat the egg yolks, honey, pepper, ginger, salt and lemon zest into the butter mixture.
6. 6
   Beat in the sifted dry ingredients alternately with the buttermilk.
7. 7
   In a stainless steel bowl, beat the egg whites until they hold firm peaks.
8. 8
   Using a spatula, stir one-third of the beaten whites into the cake batter until well mixed.
9. 9
   Fold in the remaining whites until just blended.
10. 10
    Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and bake for about 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
11. 11
    Let the cake cool in the pan for 20 minutes, then unmold it onto a rack and let cool completely before slicing.