I’ve been making this for years. It’s a great cake to give as a house warming gift or serve at a holiday brunch. It’s light and sweet and perfect with a cup of tea!
Ingredients:
1 1/2 all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 1/4 cup granulated sugar, divided
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon poppy seeds
2 lemons, juiced and divided
Directions:
- Pre heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease and sugar a 9×5 loaf pan. Set aside.
- Whisk together flour, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Set aside.
- In a separate large bowl, beat together butter and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs to butter mixture one at a time, beating well after each.
- Add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with milk, starting and ending with flour.
- Add lemon juice from 1 lemon, poppy seeds, and grated peel from 1 lemon. Beat until smooth.
- Scrape batter into prepared pan. Smooth top with spatula.
- Bake 1 hour or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. (If top browns too quickly, tent with tin foil and continue baking.)
- Cool 15 minutes in pan.
- While cake is cooling, make lemon glaze by stirring together juice from 1 lemon with 1/4 cup sugar. Stir until sugar is completely dissolved.
- Pour glaze evenly over cake.
- Let cool thoroughly in pan before slicing.
just made this – can’t wait to taste it! yum x
Hope it turned out good!!!