Lemon Poppy Seed Loaf

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 2 cups cake-and-pastry flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup milk
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1/4 cup poppy seed
• 1 tablespoon lemon rind, grated
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325°f lightly grease 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• 2 combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in mixer bowl; blend well.,.
• 3 beat milk, eggs, and vanilla together in small bowl. add half of egg mixture together with butter to dry ingredients and beat at medium speed for 1 minute, scraping sides of bowl occasionally. pour in remaining egg mixture and beat 1 minute.
• 4 stir in the poppy seeds and lemon rind. spoon batter into pan. (the pan will be more than 3/4 full).
• 5 bake at 325f for 65-75 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. prepare lemon glaze while cake is baking.
• 6 glaze: heat sugar and lemon juice in small saucepan over low heat until sugar dissolves.
• 7 pierce top of cake with fork or toothpick immediately after baking.
• 8 brush glaze over hot cake while still in the pan.
• 9 cool in rack for 15 minutes, then remove form pan, cool completely.