Amazing Lemon Poppy Seed Cake
Best Lemon Poppy Seed Cake recipe
Yield
16 servingsPrep
20 minCook
55 minReady
2 hrsTrans-fat Free, Good source of fiber
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cake | |||
| 1 | cup |
butter
spread |
|
| 1 ¾ | cups |
sugar
granulated |
|
| 8 | ounces |
cream cheese
softened |
|
| 5 | large |
eggs
separated |
|
| ¾ | cup |
lemon juice
|
|
| 2 ⅔ | cups |
all-purpose flour
sifted |
|
| 1 ¼ | teaspoons |
baking powder
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
baking soda
|
|
| ⅓ | cup |
poppy seed
|
*
|
| 1 | tablespoon |
lemon zest
grated |
|
| Glaze | |||
| ½ | cup |
powdered sugar
sifted |
|
| 1 | tablespoon |
lemon juice
|
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cake | |||
| 237 | ml |
butter
spread |
|
| 414 | ml |
sugar
granulated |
|
| 231.2 | ml/g |
cream cheese
softened |
|
| 5 | large |
eggs
separated |
|
| 177 | ml |
lemon juice
|
|
| 631 | ml |
all-purpose flour
sifted |
|
| 6.3 | ml |
baking powder
|
|
| 5 | ml |
baking soda
|
|
| 79 | ml |
poppy seed
|
*
|
| 15 | ml |
lemon zest
grated |
|
| Glaze | |||
| 118 | ml |
powdered sugar
sifted |
|
| 15 | ml |
lemon juice
|
|
Directions
Heat oven to 350℉ (180℃).
Beat spread, 1½ cups sugar and cream cheese in large bowl at medium speed with electric mixer until light and fluffy.
Blend in egg yolks and juice.
Add combined flour, baking powder and baking soda; mix well.
Beat in poppy seed and peel.
Set aside. Beat egg whites until foamy.
Gradually add reserved ¼ cup sugar, beating until soft peaks form.
Fold egg whites into batter. Pour into greased and floured 10-inch tube pan or regular loaf pan.
Bake 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes.
For the glaze, mix powdered sugar and juice.
Drizzle over cake.
