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Lemon Poppy Seed Cake
 
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Prep Time: 30 Minutes
Cook Time: 45 Minutes
Ready In: 75 Minutes
Servings: 16
Big lemon flavor...a family favorite! If you can't find a lemon poppyseed cake mix, add 1 T of poppy seeds to a lemon cake mix.
Ingredients:
1 lemon poppyseed cake mix
3/4 cup sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup water
1 tablespoon butter
1/3 cup lemon juice
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 egg whites
1/4 cup boiling water
Directions:
1. Bake cake as directed on package in 9x13. Cool.
2. For Filling: Mix sugar, cornstarch and salt in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add water slowly stirring constantly. Bring mixture to a boil and boil for 1 minute, remove from heat. Stir in butter and lemon juice. Mixture will thicken as it sits.
3. For Frosting: Mix sugar, cream of tartar, vanilla and egg whites in a bowl add boiling water and beat at high speed for 5-7 minutes until fluffy.
4. When cake and filling are cooled top the cake with the filling then frost.
5. * Looks pretty in a glass cake pan*.
By RecipeOfHealth.com