Poppy Seed Cake With Lemon Glaze Recipe

My love affair with lemon continues with this cake. It has bright, fresh lemony flavors swirled into a sweet batter loaded with poppy seeds. Sure, you can pick up a piece of poppy seed cake at the coffee shop but one bite of this homemade deliciousness and I’ll never make that mistake I absolutely love poppy seed cake. I always have and I think it’s particularly good with a cup of hot tea in the afternoon. My recipe includes lemon because it’s a great combination with the poppy seeds. The thing that really gives this cake it’s bright freshness is the lemon zest. Now, here’s the thing with lemon zest. You MUST zest your lemons BEFORE you squeeze out the juice. Yes, I’ve forgotten before, more than once and I always have a big laugh…