Tea Time? Try This Light, Lemony and Crunchy Poppyseed Cake

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Can a cake be light and moist and dense all at the same time?  It seems to me that this one is.  As you probably recall, I’ve long had a love affair with lemons. Is there anything which a squeeze of lemon doesn’t improve?  In this recipe, lemons provide a refreshing zing, maple syrup a lush sweetness and poppyseeds, the crunch. While there are hundreds of versions of poppyseed cake, most of central and eastern European origin, few are as simple as this vegan recipe. A note of caution: while this cake won’t get you high, people have tested positive for banned substances after eating quantities of poppyseed bagels and desserts. Forewarned is forearmed! Recipes for the cake and a maple-lemon glaze are after the jump…