Surprise! Today we are inviting you ALL to a virtual baby shower honouring Kelly from Life Made Sweeter and Hilary from My Own Blog Review. To celebrate, we are sharing 12 recipes and crafts that are ready to “pop”. Make sure to “pop” over and check out everyone’s posts. Congratulations Kelly and Hilary!
I just wanted to keep the recipe as easy and simple as I possibly could without compromising on the taste. I’m a big fan of lemon and poppyseed cake. These cakes are light, buttery and I just love the sweetness from the sticky icing just drizzled over each cake. I like way the poppyseed’s give a delicious crunch in each mouthful and the gorgeous tangy lemon flavour that bursts in each bite.
Lemon Poppyseed Drizzle Cakes
Ingredients
- 125 g butter (salted or unsalted) softened
- 125 g caster sugar
- Zest from two lemons
- 2 eggs
- 125 g self-raising flour
- 1 tablespoon poppyseed's
- 4 tablespoons icing sugar
- Lemon juice enough to reach your preferred consistency
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 200°C / 180°C Fan / 400°F / Gas Mark 6. Line a 6-hole muffin tin with paper liners and set aside.
- Take the sugar and lemon zest and rub the two ingredients together using your fingers. Cream the butter and lemon sugar together until light and fluffy. Then add the eggs and mix to incorporate fully. Add the flour and poppyseed's and mix.
- Evenly distribute the mixture equally between the cupcake liners. Bake for 18-20 minutes or until the cakes are lightly golden and a cake tester comes out completely clean. Cool in the tin for a few minutes, then transport to a wire rack to finish cooling completely.
- Finish the cakes by making the icing. Mix the icing sugar and enough lemon juice to make a thick glaze. At this point remove the cupcakes from the liners. Then drizzle over the icing and leave the icing to set before serving. Decorate with extra lemon zest and poppyseed's if desired.
Click the links for the other delicious treats!
Key Lime Pie Popsicles – Spoonful of Flavor
Cheddar Bacon Crescent Poppers – A Little Claireification
Sweet Indulgence Popcorn mix – It Bakes Me Happy
‘Popular’ Tiramisu Blondies – Frugal Foodie Mama
Lollipop Centerpiece – The Mandatory Mooch
Buttered Popcorn Creme Brulee – Baking a Moment
Orange Poppy Seed Scones – Cookie Monster Cooking
Lemon Poppyseed Baked Donuts – Blahnik Baker
Candy Popcorn Pops – Little Miss Celebration
Lemon Drizzle Iced Poppyseed Cakes – What Jessica Baked Next
Lemon Cheesecake Pops – What’s Cooking Love?
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Lemon poppy seed muffins are so good! I love the light, citrus flavor with the little crunches of poppy seeds. Congrats to Kelly and Hilary!
Lemon is such a bright happy flavor! Congrats to two lovely mothers-to-be. What a wonderful way to celebrate!
That is so sweet of you to host a virtual baby shower for these awesome bloggers. Your cakes are adorable!
I am totally craving that little something sweet and zingy, right now! Your muffins are making me hungry, girl! And I love your adorable little papers too. Pinning!
These cakes look amazing… except I’m going to go ahead and call them muffins… that way I can feel okay eating them for breakfast, hahaha. Eating a cake for breakfast, no way. But muffins, that I can do 🙂
This muffins looks amazing! I love your pictures as well 🙂
What a sweet celebration! And what sweet cakes! Lemon poppyseed is such a bright and fresh flavor combo. That glaze is so pretty!
Wow, Jess, I couldn’t agree more! Lemon and poppy seeds, this combination’s always a winner! And that lemony drizzle… Mmmmmm…
BTW, congrats to both mothers-to-be; they couldn’t have had a better mistress of ceremonies <3
Enjoy your week the fullest 😉
Possibly my favorite muffin flavor ever! I’ve never baked lemon poppyseed muffin myself…. I’m inspired by your beautiful recipe and willing to trying this recipe out next weekend!
Lemon and poppy seeds are such a beautiful, classic combination. These look moist and sweet. YUM.
Hi Jessica! These lemon and poppy seed cakes look wonderful and I absolutely love everything lemon! These are a great addition to the shower – thanks for sharing and pinning! Hope you have a wonderful week!
Your little cakes are perfect for spring, Jessica! So pretty!
I can taste that lemony freshness from here! I love lemon desserts with big lemon flavor, and these look perfect! 🙂
You and me both on the love for lemon and poppyseed today!! I love these cute cakes!! They look so delicious.
These cakes look fantastic Jessica! I love lemon and poppyseed and the icing sounds incredible! Love how moist and light these look too 🙂
Thank you so much for taking part in this amazing surprise for Hilary and I – I am so touched that all you fantastic ladies took the time out to share so many wonderful recipes and wish we could all celebrate together. Hope you have a great week Jessica *big big hugs*
These muffins look perfect!
These cupcakes look so moist and delicious! Thanks for sharing all the links to tasty recipes 🙂
These look so moist and delicious — and I LOVE the lemon drizzle!
I love lemon and seeds cakes!!! Yummy!
I have a jar of poppy seed that I rarely use. For some reason or another I never remember that I have them. But, when I saw your recipe it was like a light turned on. I have to try these soon 😀
These are beyond gorgeous, Jessica. I love everything about your cakes. Dying over anything lemon-flavored right now. Even the liners are adorable!
Congratulations to both Kelly and Hilary! And what a really fun way to celebrate – love it! Also love the gorgeously inviting, springy yellow color of these pretty cakes! Such a refreshing flavor, too – perfect for this time of year! 😀
The gorgeous golden color is making me drool. I can just taste how moist they are. Going to make a batch on Sunday so I can have a yummy snack for work next week.
Haha I had a lemon poppyseed muffin for the first time yesterday! What a coincidence. These looks so fluffy and tasty!
I love lemon and poppyseed Jess! And these do look fantastically moist inside too 🙂
Oooh …. lemon drizzle cake was always my favourite, Jessica! Lovely idea to make little cakes instead! Pinning!
I’m such a huge fan of the citrus / poppy seed combo – these cakes sound so so good! And especially since they look just so moist! I’ll take one for dessert right now!
These look wonderful Jessica! Lemon Poppyseed is one of my favorite flavors!
Oh my–that texture looks perfect, and lemon poppyseed is definitely top contender in my book when it comes to muffins!
What a fabulous idea!! Great for inspiring recipe ideas. Fabulous lemon Poppy seeds cakes by the way, perfect 🙂
I love the flavor of citrus in cakes! They are fantastic!
This is so sweet!! And these look delicious!! YUM 🙂 I love lemon poppy seed! 🙂
Lemon poppyseed anything is always a favorite of mine! Of course, I always have to remember to check my teeth after ha! These look so bright, fresh and delicious – the perfect spring treat!
These look so moist inside!! Love it!
These are so bright and fun, perfect for a spring shower!
love this flavor combination. these look delicious!
These are so lovely, the bright colors makes me want to dive in.
What a totally cute post! So much fun! And those muffins … oh, yum! Such classic flavors and stunning photos! Totally drool-worthy! 😀
What a cute idea! I love the virtual baby shower–and the POPpyseed muffins are perfect! 🙂
Oh! What a terrific idea! I love your lemon cakes so much!
How much should I add water?
Hi Hailey – I’m sorry for the late reply to your query. I would recommend adding about 1-2 tablespoons of cold water to the batter. I Hope you enjoy the recipe!
Thank you so much! I’m really excited to make the recipe😊
Would it work If I put some mixture in the cake case then some lemon curd followed by a second layer of mixture? I am trying to copy a cake I have had at Starbucks and your recipe is the closest thing I can find to it.
Thanks 🙂
Hi Anna,
Your idea sounds delicious! I’ve never attempted to layer lemon curd and bake it actually into a cake, but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work. If you give it a try definitely report back to me with your result, I would love to try this idea myself! 🙂
I have tried this with your recipe and it works very well!! You should definitely try x
Thanks for reporting back, Anna! I’m planning to make these again soon, so I will definitely give the lemon curd trick a try. Glad you enjoyed the recipe! 🙂