Lemon Poppy Seed Cake has a little zing of sweet lemon freshness. It looks like bread but tastes like a cake.
Poppy seed cake is just so beautiful. The lemony yellow color speckled with tiny little poppy seeds is intriguing.
The only thing that you probably need to buy for this recipe is a jar of poppy seeds and possibly a lemon.
We live in the desert and are swimming in citrus this time of year. I happily have an orange a day and there are lemons galore.
Unfortunately, some extremely cold days got our grapefruit trees so we are hoping they come back. If not, have no fear, we will replant.
You will love yourself and your family will give you sparkling smiles if you make this cake.
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So ... go for it. Nothing is more satisfying than turning out something special with so little effort.
🥘 Ingredients
- All-purpose flour makes the cake lighter.
- Coconut sugar adds a different type of sweet flavor in a very understated way.
- Organic sugar is a delicious sweetener.
- Baking powder is a leavening agent.
- Sea salt is the perfect understated seasoning.
- Water is necessary liquid.
- Extra virgin olive oil adds flavor and richness to the cake.
- Almond extract adds a little bit of nutty flavor to the mix.
- Lemon juice just a little bit to add a tangy flavor.
- Poppy seeds are a classic for this light sweet loaf cake.
🔪 Instructions
- Lightly grease a loaf pan.
- In a large bowl, add the flour, sugars, baking powder, and salt. The coconut sugar tastes delicious but it will turn the cake a little bit browner. I made this originally with all granulated sugar.
- Add the water, oil, almond extract, lemon juice. Mix well.
- Fold in the poppy seeds.
- Pour into the prepared loaf pan.
- Bake at 350° for 1 hour.
- The edges are lightly golden brown, and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes.
- Carefully turn out on a cooling rack to cool completely.
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📋 Recipe
Moist Lemon Poppy Seed Cake
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- ½ cup coconut sugar - or granulated sugar
- ¾ cup granulated sugar - organic
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup water
- ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice - you can also substitute grapefruit juice
- 2- 4 tablespoons poppy seeds
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°.
- Lightly grease a loaf pan.
- In a large bowl, add the flour, sugars, baking powder and salt.
- Add the water, oil, almond extract, lemon juice. Mix well.
- Fold in the poppy seeds.
- Pour into the prepared loaf pan. Bake at 350° for 1 hour.
- The edges are lightly golden brown, and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Carefully turn out on a cooling rack to cool completely.
Notes
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Elisabeth
Hello! I just noticed that you changed the recipe from coconut oil to olive oil, I've made your recipe several times and love it so I'm just curious why you made the change! Excited to try it with olive oil tomorrow!
Ginny McMeans
Oh thanks! That's great you've made it so many times Elisabeth. I was trying to cut down in the saturated fat. I'm glad you're goging to give it a try. 🙂
Sally
This was delicious. It was moist as advertised and the flavors were really nice.
Dinesh Prasad
Came out looking good ... only comment is that it was a bit too sweet for my tastes ... and I’m one that likes sweet things