Light Lemon Poppy Seed Cake
My fave piece of heaven,...one fine evening.. Nyum....nyummmm... a half eaten piece of mine..no sharing please ! There are countless of recipes for this particular cake in the recipe section of the internet. Well, this is my version, which you can either prepared with or without the lemon syrup ( for the extra sour kick to your tastebud) Ingredients 1 cup of caster sugar 250g butter 2 1/4 cups of flour 2 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon soda bicarbonate 3/4 cup of buttermilk ( i subs with 3/4 cup milk + 2tbs lemon juice and let rest for 15 minutes before use) 6 eggs (medium size) 2 teaspoon lemon oil 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon zest 3 tablespoons poppy seeds lemon syrup 1/2 cup white sugar 3/4 cup lemon juice Directions 1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour the baking pan. I use 9 inch round pan. 2.Sift together the flour, baking powder and soda bicorbanate, Beat the butter and sugar until until creamy.Beat in the eggs, one at a time, beating wel