Incredibly delicious, fluffy and light this Poppy Seed Cake is the perfect summertime dessert and insanely yummy breakfast. Who said you couldn’t have cake for breakfast?
My son Madden loves lemon poppy seed cake, muffins, cupcakes, cookies – really anything with poppy seeds and lemon.
He made the request for me to make a lemon poppy seed cake one afternoon and sadly I didn’t have anything lemon in the house. No juice or fruit. So I decided to whip up my friend Kelin’s Poppy Seed Cake which is so easy to make and requires only a few ingredients.
This Poppy Seed Cake is so quick and easy to make that the kids can even do it.
What is fun about this recipe, is that you can make so many different versions and it is simple to adapt.
Bundt Cakes are my favorite cakes to make, I think it is because I have the best memories of my mom make them. My dad loves her triple chocolate cake and she always made this in a bundt pan.
Truly I just love how cute bundt pans are. The frosted dripping down the dips and the simple additions you can do to fancy them up, just makes me smile.
I’m going to be harsh for just a second, please, please do not add a pot of flowers to the center of the bundt cake, it just ruins it for me. The bundt cake is stunning enough to stand on its own.Now I will admit I have done it before myself and I look back and those pictures and get the shivers. Why, why did I do that?
I love making foods that my kids love and the fact that I have a little one that loves poppy seeds, I need to make all of his wishes come true. The fact that he asks for a lemon poppy seed cake every birthday just make me so happy.
And look at this kids smile. {heart melting}
I love his dimple. He actually wasn’t born with it, instead, when he was two years old my oldest Aiden was teaching Jordan and Madden some karate moves. As Aiden was demonstrating a kick on a pillow that Madden was holding Madden fell back and hit the corner of our brick fireplace causing his tooth to almost go all the way through his cheek, creating this adorably cute dimple.
Enjoy this delicious recipe from one of my best friends Kelin, your family will love it as much as we do. XOXO San
How do you make Poppy Seed Cake?
To make the cake, mix together all ingredients until well combined.
Pour into greased bundt pan.
Bake at 350F for 40-50 minutes or until golden brown. Cool.
Turn onto platter and sprinkle powdered sugar or make glaze.
Don’t forget to pin this for later to your favorite Pinterest board.
Poppy Seed Cake
Ingredients
- 1 yellow cake mix
- 1 box instant vanilla pudding small box
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 cup canola oil
- 1/4 cup poppy seeds
- 1 cup warm water
- 1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
Glaze
- 1/4 cup butter melted
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk upto 4 tablespoons
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 teaspoon poppy seeds
Instructions
- Mix together all ingredients until well combined. Pour into greased bundt pan.
- Bake at 350F for 40-50 minutes or until golden brown. Cool.Turn onto platter and sprinkle powdered sugar or make glaze.
Glaze
- Melt 1/4 cup butter.Sift 2 cups of powdered sugar into a medium-size bowl.
- Add the melted butter and milk to the powdered sugar and vigorously stir. Then add the 1 1/2 teaspoons of almond extract and poppy seeds and mix until well combined.
- Add more milk if desired to get the consistency you want.Drizzle the glaze over the cake.
My kids will be happy when I hand them a slice of this for breakfast!
I’m sure they’ll love it. Thanks!
Yummy! The kids will love this one!
I hope they do enjoy it! Thanks!
I wish I had a slice of this cake right now! It looks so delicious!
Thank you!
I’m always game with the idea of cake for breakfast! That glaze just really seals the deal!
It’s definitely a great treat for breakfast! Thank you!
Delicious! The glaze on top looks so good!
Thanks, enjoy!
Ohhh yum! This looks incredible!!
Thanks!
Your son has good taste! This looks like a wonderful cake, lemon or not!
It’s definitely great either way. Enjoy!
OMG, this post is making my mouth water, because this cake looks so mouthwatering delicious. Yummy! Can hardly wait to have this sitting on my island
Thank you! I hope you enjoy!
If the child, from the photo, liked it, then it’s okay
He loves it! I hope you enjoy.