GLAZED LEMON POPPY SEED POUND CAKE

Glazed Lemon Poppy Seed Pound Cake image

This cake will just melt in your mouth, and has an awesome lemon flavour. Perfect for tea parties or bridal showers or that kind of thing if the kids don't eat it all first.

Provided by Semra22

Categories Dessert

Time 1h20m

Yield 1 pound cake

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup milk
4 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups butter
1/4 cup poppy seed
1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/2 cup sugar

Steps:

In large bowl, combine 1 cup sugar, flour, baking powder and salt.
In medium bowl, combine milk, eggs, and vanilla and beat lightly.
Add half this mixture as well as the butter to the dry ingredients and beat at medium speed for one minute.
Add the remaining egg mixture in 2 parts, beating at same speed for 20 seconds after each addition.
Beat in poppy seeds and lemon zest.
Spoon batter into a loaf pan and smooth the top.
Bake at 325 degrees for 45 minutes or till done (test with toothpick).
Lemon Glaze: in a small saucepan beat the 1/2 cup of sugar into the 1/4 cup of lemon juice till dissolved.
Brush 3/4 of the glaze onto the cake while still in the pan.
Let cool 10 minutes, invert and brush the bottom and sides with the remaining glaze.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 4784.5, Fat 270.8, SaturatedFat 155.5, Cholesterol 1464.6, Sodium 3484.8, Carbohydrate 535.8, Fiber 12, Sugar 309.8, Protein 65.3