A photo today to show you what the inside of my Lemon Poppy Seed Cake looked like.
As you can see, it's loaded with poppyseeds but I think it could have used more lemon flavor.
The recipe called for zest from three large lemons mixed into the batter but I thought it was a little bland.
One could always add more.
The glaze on top of the cake did add some more lemon flavor.
Anyway, as SWMBO always says, it tasted better this morning than it did yesterday.
But whipped cream, or in our lazy case, whipped topping from a can is a given to make it pop a bit more.
By the way, our first taste followed an indoor picnic or to get Frenchy "a charcuterie board".
Several kinds of cheese, sliced summer sausage, grapes, apples, crackers . . . it was wonderful!
SWMBO (Judy) put that together!)
15 comments:
Both the cake and the charcuterie look yummy! And yes, whipped cream makes everything better. (Well, maybe not summer sausage.)
Yum...
Nothing I like better than meats, cheeses, and grapes/apples. I could eat like that every day. Even lemon poppyseed muffins from the store don't taste that lemony. If there is such a thing as lemon extract if would be more potent.
Looks fancy!
I have a blog friend who calls these "pickety bits". I love that name.
Linda Sand
Some senior citizens exist on thin vegetable soup and porridge but not The Taylors! Oh no - to that couple, every day is home restaurant day.
I love your posts about food!
thecontemplativecat here. the meat and cheese tray is excellent. I would be huddled close to it. The lemon poppyseed cake must be delicious. there is something about the two combining.
Add a little lemon essence to the mix next time. The charcuterie looks delicious. How is summer sausage different from winter sausage? What is in it?
There is, I have some and orange extract too.
Looks wonderful, enjoy every moment.
You can find out everything about it here: https://www.southernliving.com/what-is-summer-sausage-8363025
Now that cake looks grand! And the charcuterie too. What a feast!
Thank you. It seems similar to what we South Australians call Fritz, which is also a German sausage.
I love lemon poppyseed but had never thought of whipped cream with it. A worthy addition!
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