Lemon Poppy Seed Bread
Ingredients
- 1½ cups sifted cake flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup milk
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- 2 large eggs
- 1½ tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons poppy seeds
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour a 9- by 5-inch loaf pan. (Or line with parchment.)
- Stir together 1 1/2 cups sifted cake flour, 1 tsp. baking powder and 1/4 tsp. salt. Mix 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract with 1/2 cup milk.
- Using electric mixer, cream 8 Tbsp. unsalted butter, 3/4 cup sugar and 1 Tbsp. lemon zest on medium-high speed until fluffy. Add 2 large eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Mix in dry ingredients alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in 1 1/2 Tbsp. lemon juice and 2 Tbsp. poppy seeds.
- Pour batter into pan and bake in center of oven until a tester inserted in center of loaf comes out clean, 50 minutes.
- Let loaf cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes before turning loaf out onto rack.
Notes
- Source: https://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/lemon-poppy-seed-tea-bread?printview
- source recipe has a frosting glaze, if that’s ever desired