Lemon Poppy Seed Cake
"Big lemon flavor...a family favorite! If you can't find a lemon poppyseed cake mix, add 1 T of poppy seeds to a lemon cake mix."
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
-
12-16
ingredients
- 1 lemon poppyseed cake mix
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Filling
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 3⁄4 cup water
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1⁄3 cup lemon juice
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Frosting
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 egg whites
- 1⁄4 cup boiling water
directions
- Bake cake as directed on package in 9x13. Cool.
- For Filling: Mix sugar, cornstarch and salt in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add water slowly stirring constantly. Bring mixture to a boil and boil for 1 minute, remove from heat. Stir in butter and lemon juice. Mixture will thicken as it sits.
- For Frosting: Mix sugar, cream of tartar, vanilla and egg whites in a bowl add boiling water and beat at high speed for 5-7 minutes until fluffy.
- When cake and filling are cooled top the cake with the filling then frost.
- * Looks pretty in a glass cake pan*.
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I am a 24 year old RN from Wisconsin that loves to cook. I love trying new recipies and my poor husband is often the guinea pig and has to try my creations. I have a beautiful baby girl named Josie that just turned 8 months old. Food Network is a staple on our television along with Top Chef.
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