Candied-Fennel-Topped Lemon Cake

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 stick unsalted butter
• ¾ cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 ½ teaspoons grated lemon zest
• ¾ cup well-shaken buttermilk
• + 8 more ingredients
• • lightly sweetened whipped cream
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 small fennel bulb
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • ¾ cup water
  • 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
  • 1 lemon

Lightly oil pan and line bottom and side with a large round of wax paper, pleating sides and trimming to fit. Lightly oil paper. Line side with a 2-inch-wide strip of wax paper long enough to wrap around inside of pan to cover pleats, then lightly oil. Cut fennel bulb lengthwise with slicer into ...

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