Penelope's Lemon Poppy Seed Cake
"This is another one of the recipes in my mother-in-law's file. I don't know who Penelope is, but her cake is delicious! Because we really like lemon, I added the glaze to the cake, but it is delicious without it, too."
photo by Denise in da Kitchen
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
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1 loaf
ingredients
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CAKE
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1⁄2 cup milk
- 1⁄2 cup butter, melted and cooled
- 1 tablespoon lemon extract
- 1⁄2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons poppy seeds
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GLAZE
- 1 lemon, juice of
- 1⁄2 cup powdered sugar
directions
- Mix sugar and eggs together and beat until light and fluffy.
- Gradually add milk and beat.
- Add butter and extracts; blend well.
- Sift dry ingredients and add sugar/butter mixture.
- Mix well and add poppyseeds.
- Grease and flour one loaf pan.
- Bake at 325 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean.
- Turn out onto cooling rack.
- Mix lemon juice and powdered sugar.
- Spread on cake while it is still warm.
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Reviews
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This loaf is very good. I like the fact that it has all those poppy seeds. I have to make my food budget stretch so I made some substitutions. In stead of the almond I used more lemon juice and instead of the melted butter(too costly) I used cooking oil. I also used the glaze which is very good. This is a nice dish to go with coffee. Thanks for posting.... Lori
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Denise in da Kitchen
Willington, Connecticut
I LOVE to cook and eat and read cookbooks. My kitchen really does overfloweth with them and of course this has quickly become my favorite cooking site! I live with my husband in a small town in eastern Connecticut. We are both retired. My children are all grown and have families of their own now. Our 3 grandchildren and 1 great-granddaughter all live in Florida and it goes without saying that we miss them very much, so when my husband retired last year we celebrated by buying a small RV! We so enjoyed driving it to Florida to spend the holidays with the little ones. Although COVID has prevented us from repeating the trip this year, I am enjoying learning new recipes to make in our RV for next year. I think the Instant Pot and the Crock Pot will be my new best friends while traveling!
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