This lemon poppy seed loaf cake recipe is a moist and delicious loaf cake with a tangy sweet lemon flavor, which makes a perfect weekend dessert to enjoy with family and friends. It’s easy and quick to prepare.

Lemon poppy seed loaf cake is one of my all-time favorite quick bread. It’s homemade, simple, and quick to prepare, so it’s great if you need to whip up something last minute that will impress anybody.

What I also love about this buttery lemon poppy seed loaf is the sweet lemon sugar glaze that covers the cake. This lemon poppy seed loaf cake is made with real lemon juice and lemon zest, it also contains butter, eggs, and milk combined with the other ingredients to give you the best lemon poppy seed cake.

I hope you love this glazed lemon pound cake loaf with poppy seeds and lemon zest as much as I do. Please share your feedback, I’d love to hear it!

Let’s make this delicious homemade lemon poppy seed loaf cake recipe!

Ingredients For Lemon Poppy Seed Loaf Cake

1 cup softened butter

2 cups sugar
1/4 cup poppy seeds
4 eggs

3 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

grated lemon zest from one lemon
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice

Ingredients For The Lemon Poppy Seed Loaf Cake Glaze

2/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
grated lemon zest from half lemon

How To Make Lemon Poppy Seed Loaf Cake?

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease two 8×5 inch loaf pans or 5 mini loaf pans.
Add the butter and sugar into a bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment or use a hand mixer and beat until the mixture is creamy.
Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition.

Then add the poppy seeds and beat for 30 seconds.
Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together in a separate bowl then add it to the butter mixture followed by the milk, lemon juice, and lemon zest. Beat until the batter is smooth and creamy.
Pour equal parts of the batter into the two loaf cake pan or five mini pans.

Bake the larger loaves for 40-45 minutes and the mini loaves for 25-30 minutes or until a tester comes out clean.
In the meantime prepare the lemon glaze, in a small pot add the sugar, lemon zest, and lemon juice and mix them together. Warm the mixture on low heat stirring until the sugar melts. Set Aside.
Once the cakes are baked, remove them from the oven and transfer them onto a cooling rack with a catch tray under it.

Pour the lemon icing glaze over the cake and allow it to set.
Once cakes are cooled, slice and serve.
Enjoy!

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