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Easy Lemon Poppy Seed Cake

By Erika in Desserts

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I love cooking and especially baking for my family. My favorite recipes are ones that are simple, yet still delicious. I had to make a cake for a get together recently and decided to look for a new recipe. I found this Easy Lemon Poppy Seed Cake and did it impress!

This cake is light, moist, and has the perfect amount of lemon flavor. And I couldn’t believe just how easy it was to make either! It’s a good thing, because this Lemon Poppy Seed Cake is so delicious, it doesn’t last long!

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I made this Lemon Poppy Seed Cake for our church group and there wasn’t much left afterwards!

lemon poppy seed cake with glazed icing on plate

What You’ll Need to Make Lemon Poppy Seed Cake:

There’s two ways to make this Lemon Poppy Seed Cake: with a box mix or by scratch. I’ll give you both recipes here.

For the quickest way, you’ll need:

  • 1 package (16 oz) pound cake
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 2 eggs
  • 4 teaspoons Lemon Extract
  • 2 tablespoons poppy seeds

For the glaze:

  • 1.5 cups confectioner’s sugar
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • 1/2 teaspoon Lemon Extract
Lemon Poppy Seed Cake ingredients ( pound cake mix, poppy seeds, lemon extract, sour cream, 2 eggs, sugar/flour

Preheat the oven to 350º.  Add the cake mix, sour cream, water, eggs, and lemon extract to a large bowl

eggs being mixed with other ingredients

Beat on low speed until moistened. Then beat on medium speed for 3 minutes. (I beat it for about 2 minutes with my heavy duty mixer – I didn’t want to overdo it.)

mixing ingredients

Stir in the poppy seeds

adding poppy seeds

and mix until well blended.

the batter with poppy seeds

Pour into a greased and floured bundt pan.

batter in a tube pan

Bake 40-45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn the cake onto a wire rack and cool completely.

For the Lemon Glaze:

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Mix 1.5 cups of confectioner’s sugar, 1 tablespoon of water, and 1/2 teaspoon Lemon Extract. If it’s too thick, add 1-3 more teaspoons of water until the glaze is smooth and of desired consistency.

Drizzle the cake with the glaze.

glaze being poured onto cake

Slice and serve your delicious Lemon Poppy Seed Cake!

Lemon Poppy Seed Cake

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Easy Lemon Poppy Seed Cake

lemon poppy seed cake
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This Easy Lemon Poppy Seed Cake recipe is moist and light with a perfect amount of lemon flavor and it’s so delicious, it never lasts long!

  • Author: Erika Bragdon
  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Cook Time: 40 mins
  • Total Time: 50 mins
  • Yield: 8-10 servings 1x

Ingredients

Scale
  • 1 package (16 oz) pound cake
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 2 eggs
  • 4 teaspoons Lemon Extract
  • 2 tablespoons poppy seeds
  • For the glaze:
  • 1.5 cups confectioner’s sugar
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • 1/2 teaspoon Lemon Extract

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350º.
  2. Add the cake mix, sour cream, water, eggs, and lemon extract to a large bowl. Beat on low speed until moistened, then beat on medium for 3 minutes. Stir in the poppy seeds.
  3. Pour into a greased and floured bundt pan. Bake 40-45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn the cake onto a wire rack and cool completely.
  4. For the glaze, mix the 1/2 tsp lemon extract with the confectioner’s sugar and water. If it’s too thick, add 1-3 more tbsp of water until lit’s smooth and the right consistency. Drizzle over the bundt cake.

For the completely homemade version of this Lemon Poppy Seed Cake, we slightly adapted a recipe from a favorite cookbook, “The Joy of Cooking“.

Lemon Poppy Seed Cake

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Lemon Poppy Seed Pound Cake

a piece of lemon poppy seed cake
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This cake is moist and light with a perfect amount of lemon flavor and so delicious, it never lasts long!

  • Prep Time: 20 mins
  • Cook Time: 40 mins
  • Total Time: 1 hour
  • Yield: 8-10 servings 1x

Ingredients

Scale
  • 3 large eggs
  • 3 tablespoons of milk
  • 1 ½ teaspoons of vanilla
  • 1 ½ C sifted flour
  • ¾ C Sugar
  • 3 TBSP Poppy Seeds
  • 1 TBSP Grated Lemon Zest
  • ¾ tsp Baking powder
  • 1/8 tsp Salt
  • 1 stick + 5 Tbsp softened salted butter
  • 2 tsp lemon extract
  • For the Glaze:
  • 1.5 cups confectioner’s sugar
  • 1 fresh lemon juice
  • ½ teaspoon lemon Extract

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour one 6-cup fluted tube or Bundt pan or one 8 /2 x 4 ½ inch (6 cup) loaf pan. Line the bottom of the loaf pan with wax or parchment paper
  2. Whisk together the eggs, milk, and vanilla.
  3. In a separate bowl, stir the flour, sugar, poppy seeds, lemon zest, baking powder, and salt.
  4. Add half the egg mixture to the flour mixture with the butter. Beat on low speed until the flour mixture is just moistened. Then increase the speed to high and beat for just 1 minute. Gradually add the remaining egg mixture and beat for about 30 seconds.
  5. Pour the batter into the greased and floured bundt pan and bake for 35-45 minutes until tests done.
  6. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn the cake onto a wire rack and cool completely.
  7. For the glaze, mix the 1/2 tsp lemon extract with the confectioner’s sugar and lemon juice. If it’s too thick, add 1-3 more tbsp of water until lit’s smooth and the right consistency. Drizzle over the bundt cake.

 Lemon Poppy Seed Cake

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    Filed Under: Desserts, Recipes Tagged With: cakePublished on April 19, 2012

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    About Erika

    Erika Bragdon is a second-generation homeschooling mom with 3 kids at home and 1 in college. She lives in the beautiful hills of New Hampshire on a small farm and loves writing, baking, nature, and sharing flower essences and more natural solutions with moms.

    Comments

    1. Melissa says

      April 19, 2012 at 8:12 am

      Looks delicious!! I need a Bundt pan first!!

      Reply
      • Erika says

        April 19, 2012 at 6:16 pm

        I got mine at a garage sale for 50 cents! heehee

        Reply
    2. melissa says

      April 19, 2012 at 8:37 am

      This looks incredible! Thanks for sharing!

      Reply
    3. Shari Lynne says

      April 19, 2012 at 8:52 am

      Ok all I can say is..Mmmmm! I gotta make that for sure..my fam loves lemon! Thanks for sharing Erika!
      Blessings

      Reply
      • Erika says

        April 19, 2012 at 6:18 pm

        We love lemon too – that’s partly why I decided on this recipe.

        Reply
    4. Ghada says

      April 19, 2012 at 9:33 am

      That looks really yummy – and so professional. Good luck!

      Reply
      • Erika says

        April 19, 2012 at 6:18 pm

        Thanks Ghada!

        Reply
    5. Melissa says

      April 19, 2012 at 9:36 am

      Hmmm, I might have to try this with cupcakes and freeze some – there are only two people in my house… we don’t need a whole cake to tempt us!

      Reply
      • Erika says

        April 19, 2012 at 6:19 pm

        That’s a great idea!

        Reply
    6. Kristen Fleming says

      April 19, 2012 at 11:06 am

      Chad and I both commented on the way home how yummy this cake was!!! Definitely a winner!

      Reply
      • Erika says

        April 19, 2012 at 7:53 pm

        Heehee, thanks Kristen! Have a good trip!

        Reply
    7. Heather McD says

      April 19, 2012 at 11:18 am

      That sounds like a great recipe. The pictures have me salivating.

      Reply
    8. JDaniel4's Mom says

      April 19, 2012 at 11:20 am

      Wow! Your cake looks wonderful. The vanilla fruit salad looks great too.

      Reply
      • Erika says

        April 20, 2012 at 7:54 am

        The fruit salad is next on my “try” list!

        Reply
    9. Karenmarybutterfly says

      April 19, 2012 at 10:07 pm

      That looks delicious. I’ll have to pin it into my Sweet treats from here so I can find it easily. Thanks for this recipe!!

      Reply
      • Erika says

        April 20, 2012 at 7:55 am

        Great! Thanks for pinning!

        Reply
    10. Nina Kimwa says

      July 22, 2012 at 12:27 pm

      It looks yummy!

      Reply
    11. Debbie Welchert says

      August 5, 2012 at 6:20 pm

      This is definitely a maker. My grandkids would love it and so would I.

      Reply
    12. Maria Iemma says

      April 11, 2013 at 3:37 pm

      Love bundt cakes and this is an easy and elegant cake to make. I will try the recipe next time my sister in law comes over. She loves lemon like I do.

      Reply
    13. Karla says

      May 13, 2013 at 1:48 am

      Lemon and poppyseeds are such a winning combination!

      Reply
    14. Liz Neal says

      May 14, 2013 at 6:09 pm

      Sounds yummy and easy. My daughter would love this cake.

      Reply

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