For those of you with a sweet tooth, this treat will hit the spot–with a healthy spin. This recipe is from the book “The Kind Diet“. Enjoy!!
Ingredients:
- 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/3 cup maple sugar (I used regular sugar)
- 2 teaspoons egg replacers (or 1 egg)
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 cup soy or rice milk
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 cup safflower oil
- 1/2 cup maple syrup (or agave nectar)
- 2 tablespoons poppy seeds
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350. Oils pans (I used a muffin pan, but a loaf pan will work too).
- Combine the flours, sugar, egg, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a seperate bowl, combine milk with lemon juice and set aside for a minute; it will look curdled. Whisk in oil and syrup. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, and stir until combined. Pour in poppy seeds.
- Pour the batter into pans and bake for 15 to 18 minutes or until a tooth pick comes out clean. Cool cakes completely.
To make the Lemon Maple Glaze, gather the following ingredients:
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1/2 cup lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons kuzu or corn starch dilluted in a bit of water, to thicken
Directions:
- Combine syrup and lemon juice in a sauce pan over medium heat. Stir in thickener and continue to stir until glaze comes to a boil. Simmer for 1 minute. Drizzle over cake and serve.
Happy eating 
Oh yum! They look really good. I am in love with Poppy seed and I love Lemon poppy seed muffins. I am reading the kind diet.. haven’t looked at the recipes just yet.
Beautiful photos! Your muffins always reminds me of my grandmother. She loved poppy seed and used them quite often.
Yum. Lemon and poppyseeds are such a good combination.
these look SO good – I eat a muffin every morning and I think this would fit in to my schedule perfectly!
The muffins look so yummy, maple lemon glaze huh… interesting. I think I just might have to give that a try. How did you like the book? Is it a keeper?
Oh! I have not made this recipe yet from her book. I need to after seeing these pics! Great job!
what fabulous looking mini cakes! I love lemon anything… seriously I could lemon icing all day – and these look delish!
I would eat all of them in one sitting! You cannot go wrong with lemon poppy seed anything. Totally saving this recipe!
Oh poppy seed muffins are my favorite! I’ve never made these at home before. I’m glad that you posted this.
I love lemon poppy seed both for the texture and bright lemon flavors and the moistness of the cake. Looking pretty fantastic