Chez Piggy's Lemon Poppy Seed Cakecakes 2 cup flour, all purpose 1 cup sugar, granulated 1 teaspoon baking powder salt 1 cup butter; & 1 tablespoon butter; softened 1/4 cup milk 4 large eggs 2 teaspoon vanilla 1/4 cup poppy seeds 1 tablespoon lemon peel; finely grated ----GLAZE---- 1/2 cup sugar, granulated 1/3 cup lemon juice Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in large mixing bowl. Add butter and beat with a mixture until blended. In another bowl, combine milk, eggs and vanilla. Beat into flour/butter mixture until very well combined. Stir in poppy seeds and lemon peel. Transfer batter to buttered, floured 9 cup bundt pan or tube pan. bake in preheated 325F oven for 1 1/4 hours. Cool 10 minutes and turn cake on to serving platter. Cook glaze ingredients until sugar dissolves. Glaze top and sides of warm cake with syrup. MAKES: 1 CAKE *If you are using unsalted butter, add 1/2 tsp salt to the recipe in place of a pinch of salt. |
