LEMON POPPY SEED CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING - Your Recipe Blog

Ingredients

• Cake:
• 2 ¾ cups (352 g) cake flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• ¾ teaspoon salt
• 3 ½ tablespoons (30 g) poppy seeds
• ¾ cup (170 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 ¾ cups (366 g) Wholesome Organic Cane Sugar
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon zest (from about 4 lemons)
• ¼ cup (60 ml) canola oil
• 4 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 ⅓ cups (315 ml) buttermilk
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• Simple syrup:
• 1 ½ tablespoons Wholesome Organic Cane Sugar
• Cream Cheese Frosting:
• ¾ cup butter, at room temperature (preferably ½ cup unsalted and ¼ cup salted)
• 1 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1 (16 oz) pkg Wholesome Organic Powdered Sugar, sifted
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