Best Lemon Zucchini Cake With Poppy Seed Recipes

LEMON POPPY SEED ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9x5-inch loaf pans.
• Beat eggs in a large bowl. Add zucchini, sugar, oil, lemon extract, and poppy seeds; stir to combine. Add flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt; mix thoroughly. Pour batter into the prepared pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean, about 1 hour.

LEMON ZUCCHINI CAKE WITH POPPY SEED

Steps:

• In a large bowl combine sugar, oil, eggs, lemon extract, poppy seed and mix well.
• Stir in shredded zucchini.
• Combine in another bowl, flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. mix well.
• Gradually add this mixture to the zucchini mixture. Mix throughly.
• Pour into greased 9x13 pan.
• Bake 350 for 40-50 minutes or until a tooth pick comes out clean.
• Add a lemon glaze for the topping - 1/2 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon lemon extract, 1 tablespoon water. In a saucepan bring to a boil, when cake is warm, brush with glaze.

LEMON-POPPY SEED ZUCCHINI MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners. Using a vegetable peeler, remove the zest from the lemon in wide strips, being careful not to remove the white pith. Combine the lemon zest and sugar in a food processor and process until the zest is finely chopped, scraping the bowl halfway through, about 1 minute. Stir in the poppy seeds. Scoop out 3 tablespoons of the lemon-poppy seed sugar and set aside.
• Whisk the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Whisk the remaining lemon-poppy seed sugar, the vegetable oil, buttermilk, vanilla and eggs in a medium bowl; stir into the flour mixture until just combined. Stir in the zucchini.
• Divide the batter among the muffin cups, filling them three-quarters of the way. Tap the bottom of the pan lightly on the counter to smooth out the batter. Sprinkle the tops of the muffins with the reserved lemon-poppy seed sugar. Bake until the muffins are golden brown around the edges and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 23 to 25 minutes. Let the muffins cool 5 minutes in the pan, then remove to a rack to cool completely.

LEMONY ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, pudding mix, baking soda, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, whisk the eggs, milk, oil, lemon juice and extract. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in the zucchini, poppy seeds and lemon zest. , Pour into 2 greased 9x5-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.