[Lemon Poppy Seed Cake] Super lemony cake covered with vitamin C

I love cakes that contain fruits and vegetables;

Strawberry cake, banana bread,carrot cake, apple cake, and etc.

You name it. I like all of them.

And, one of my favorite is Lemon poppy seed cake.

If you like lemon poppy seed cake, you must like that resfreshing tangy lemon flavour.

Have you tasted Starbucks lemon poppy seed loaf which cost more than $2 a slice?

It's really good and I have to say I like it.

However, I still find my lemon poppy seed cake is even better.
I really don't want to brag about it, but it is very true!
It's about 2.7 times better than the fameuse Starbucks' lemon poppy seed cake. :D

I use zest from 3 lemons and lemon juice from two big lemons. It is heavily studded with vitimin C, and accordingly you can taste rich citrus flavour on your palate.
I feel I'm getting healthier when I eat this cake :)
On top of that, this cake is ultra-moist.

Like most cakes, it's not hard to make.

  

Here goes the recipe for a very Lemony Lemon poppy seed  cake:

Ingredients
2 + 1/2 Cups all purpose flour
1 + 1/2 Cup sugar
1 Cup unsalted butter, room temperature
2 eggs, room temperature,
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 Cup milk
1 + 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1 Tablespoon + 1 teaspoon white vinegar
3 lemons (zest from all 3 lemons and lemon juice from 2 lemons)
3 Tablespoons poppy seed

How to make

1. Preheat oven to 350 F.

Soak lemons in a fruit & veggie wash for 5- 10 minutes before rinsing.

Prepare lemon zest.

2.Prepare a bundt pan and grease it lightly with butter,

and dust with 1 teaspoon of flour.

 

 

3. Mix milk with white vinegar and put it aside.

4. Beat butter and sugar until fluffy.

5. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the vanilla.

 6.In another bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.

 7. Alternate adding in your flour mixture into the butter/sugar mixture with the milk mixture,

 

 

always beginning and ending with the flour.

8. Add lemon zest and poppy seed and beat in well.

9. Pour the batter in your bundt pan and bake in the centre of your preheated oven for about an hour.

 

Test with a toothpick in the middle–if it comes out clean, it will be done.

10. Let the cake cool in its pan on a rack for 10 minutes while you prepare the glaze.

Squeeze lemon juice out of two lemons.

11. Whisk the sugar with the lemon juice.

Simmer the juice until sugar dissolves completely and it gets a bit thickened.

12. Put the cake pan upside down and lift the pan out, placing on rack. While cake is still warm, place the rack over a plate and poke some holes on the top. Brush on the glaze.

Let it cool completely.

Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Lemon Poppy Seed Cake