Lemon Butter and lemon and poppyseed cake :) yummy

Have a day at home alone today... and adam brought home some lemons one of his customers had given him so i thought i would whip up some lemon butter :) and a lemon and poppyseed cake to go with it!

Lemon Butter

4 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup lemon juice
2 tsp lemon zest
125g chopped butter

1. Put sugar and eggs into a heatproof bowl, put bowl over a saucepan of just simmering water and whisk constantly until the sugar has dissolved
2. Add the lemon juice, rind and butter (i would get this ready before hand) Whisk for 20 minutes until smooth and thickend (it doesnt look like its going to work...but for me at about the 18 min mark it thickened)
DO NOT LET IT BOIL! IT WILL CURDLE-you have been warned :)
3. Put 2x 250ml clean jars into the oven for a couple of minutes (this sterilises them)
4. Pour mixture into hot jars and seal

Store in the fridge and use within a few weeks-makes 2 cups

Lemon and Poppy Seed Cake

50g poppy seeds
185ml warm milk
1 cup castor sugar
3 eggs
2 cups self raising flour
185g butter, chopped
1 lemon-zested

1. Turn oven onto 180'C. Grease a loaf tin (approx 20cmx10cm)
2.In one bowl put warm milk and poppy seeds-leave for 15 minutes
3. In another bowl put your sugar, eggs, flour, butter and lemon rind. Mix in the milk and poppys
4. Beat for 5 minutes or until the mixture is looking pale
5. Pour into loaf tin and cook for 40 minutes (mine took more like an hour. test it with a skewer from 40 mins on)

:)