This family has a sweet tooth! We love them all! Cakes, cookies, muffins, cupcakes, brownies, candy, and on and on and on. You name it, we probably love it. One of our family favorites is my Gluten Free Lemon Poppy Seed Pound Cake Recipe.
Gluten Free Lemon Poppy Seed Pound Cake
We have been converting some of our favorite dessert recipes to be gluten free. It works out better for our health and for Henry’s autism.
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One of my favorite flavors in my desserts is hands down, lemon. I love the juxtaposition of sweet and tart. So, one of the first recipes I converted to gluten free was my lemon pound cake recipe.
The Right Flour Is Key
Gluten is one of the things that makes your baked goods so light and fluffy. The trick when you are making a gluten free recipe is to not make a hockey puck.
Using a flour is key to a delicious gluten free dessert. My favorite gluten free flour is the Gluten Free All Purpose Flour from King Arthur’s.
A Recipe That Will Satisfy Any Sweet Tooth
The kids love this recipe. It is so light and fluffy! and moist. My husband will have his with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or whipped cream. I like mine as it is. Any way you slice it, this recipe
will please any sweet tooth! Another lemony dessert I love to make is my No Bake Lemon Cheesecake Bars. So good!
Gluten Free Lemon Poppy Seed Pound Cake

Gluten Free Lemon Poppy Seed Pound Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose gluten-free flour (I use King Arthur's Gluten Free All Purpose)
- 3/4 tsp. xanthan gum
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. sea salt
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 1 1/2 sticks of room temperature unsalted butter,
- 4 ounces room temperature cream cheese
- 1/2 cup coconut milk
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 3 eggs at room temperature, beaten
- 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp. lemon juice
- 1/8 cup poppy seeds (you can add more if you like more.)
- Glaze:
- 1 1/2 cups confectioner’s sugar
- 1/4 tsp. sea salt
- 3 tsp. lemon juice
- 3 tsp. milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a bundt pan or 2 loaf pans Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, guar gum and salt. Stir well and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, beat sugar and butter until creamy. Add eggs and beat until well mixed. Add milk and vanilla and beat until lightly fluffy.
- On low speed, slowly add the flour mixture into the wet mixture. When all flour is added, beat on medium to high speed for 1 to 2 minutes. Add poppy seeds.
- Pour the batter into greased pan and bake for 45 to 50 minutes until golden brown or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool 15 minutes before removing cake from pan. Add glaze and serveÂ
Here are some more great dessert recipes:
Lemon Daisy Cupcakes
Oreo Lemon Truffles
What is your favorite pound cake flavor?

That sounds so good. I love pound cake in the morning for breakfast and love lemon/poppy seed!
How yummy! That pound cake is so moist, it’s actually shiny! I love it!
I need to try this recipe out for my MOM. She is trying to be gluten free as possible and this would be a YUMMY treat our entire family could enjoy. PINNING!
That looks absolutely delicious. I’d definitely want a slice or two! The best part is the glaze, I LOVE that.
I bet my daughter would love this. She really likes lemon poppyseed muffins, so the cake sounds right up her alley.
That looks absolutely fantastic. Pound cake is one of my all time favorites, and this looks delicious.
I have to admit I love a good lemon poppy seed cake – I shall have to try this recipe! x
I’d love to try it gluten free like this. It sounds amazing!
I love lemon poppyseed! Sounds like a great gluten free recipe!
I am betting these are outrageously delicious! I would love to make them even as GF (I’m not gluten free). There are more and more options for gluten free now and they all taste SO Much better than before!
I love poppy seed bread. I should make some and use your recipe.
This looks amazing! I’m a huge fan of pound cake and I absolutely love lemon poppy seed too! I bet this tastes great.
Oh my gosh this sounds so good. I love lemon poppy seed treats. I need some of this!
I love lemon. Lemon everything, and I love it. I’ve never made a lemon poppy seed pound cake before though, this looks amazing. I will need to make this!
I have never had a lemon poppy seed pound cake before! This looks so good! I know my kids would really like this. Thanks for sharing your recipe.
Now you have me craving! It looks so moist
Wow, this doesn’t look like what I would think of when I think “gluten free”. It can be so hard to make gluten free stuff that actually tastes good. The Lemon pound cake looks delicious.
You had me at lemon and poppy seed. Gluten free is a nice bonus, this cake sounds the bomb !
This looks wonderful! Do you have to use gum?
My kids and I have been gluten-free for 10 years now due to medical need and thank goodness much has changed during that time. King Arthur is one of my favorite blends too. I like the flavor (or lack of distinct flavor) and it bakes very much like regular flour. Since gluten is a binder it is what holds everything together hence usually needing multiple flours to produce the ability to bind baked goods together as wheat flour can. You’ve found a good blend and I like that it doesn’t have any gums in it.
I need to make me some cake! This looks great and gluten free!
I buy something like this at a bakery nearby and have it with coffee during the afternoon. Well, at least from time to time. Thanks for the recipe, because I’ve been dreaming of doing this for myself so I can eat it any time I want. Lol.
I am always looking for new gluten free recipes. I will have to give this a try. It looks so delicious and easy to make.
This sounds amazing! I just had to switch to Gluten Free diet for health reasons I am going to have to try this out!
My dad has a wonderful lemon tree. It’s always got the biggest fruit and tons of it! I ended up with a strong love for lemon-flavored everything thanks to that tree.
Well it certainly doesn’t look like a hockey puck! It looks moist & delicious. Can’t wait to try it.
I love lemon poppyseed cake! It reminds me of the one my husband’s grandmother used to bake!
I love lemon poppyseed cake! This sounds so yummy!
It looks so fluffy and delicious. Thanks for sharing your recipe with us!
My neighbor is gluten free. I would like to make her this for Christmas this year as I never know what to bake. This sounds like something she would really enjoy!
I love pound cake! So ready for the holiday season.. ready to bake cookies and cake! Yum
That looks so yummy! I love that the pound cake is so moist. I can’t wait to try this.
I would love a tasty pound cake for breakfast, this recipe looks yummy! You had me at CAKE! LOL 🙂
I love lemon poppyseed… my Mom makes it occasionally but I have never tried it, your recipe looks easy.. will have to try it soon.
This looks like such a great idea. I know many gluten free kids who would love this recipe.
My sister and my youngest daughter both have to eat gluten free foods so I’m always looking for recipes. This pound cake is so unique and it sounds so delicious. I’ll have to make it for Tiffany sometime soon.
I am so glad I came across this post. I love Kings flour and this looks so good. Thanks for sharing
The cake looks very moist. That’s exactly how I want my lemon poppy seed pound cake.
My family and I are not gluten-free but I still think the cake looks delicious. I will be sharing your recipe with friends who are on this special diet.
What a perfect looking cake, so moist and perfectly baked. I would love to make one like this!
This looks tasty! I love pound cakes!
mmmm that looks so yummy, i love lemon poppy seed cake. I will definitely be making this at some point.
I love desserts with lemon, and I love pound cake. This sounds so refreshing!
This sounds really good. I bet it would be great with my morning coffee.
I love lemon poppy seed cake, especially in the morning with some coffee. I’ll have to pass this recipe onto my friend with celiac disease.
Most gluten free foods don’t look this good but this cake looks decadently moist.
This pound cake looks really good and moist. I love that it is gluten free for those on modified diets.
This looks yummy. I agree anything that can help us be less symptomatic and feel better while still tasting good is worth a try.
This sounds super delicious! I love lemon cake but have never made one with poppy seed. Might have to give yours a shot.
This is awesome! I am going to make this for my son – I know that he will love it!
Such A yummy share. Thank you!
Wow this looks amazing. I love yummy looking recipes that are gluten free.
This looks amazing! I love anything lemon flavoured and the fact that it is gluten free is a bonus.
I love lemon cake and this sounds amazing! I would love to try making it sometime.
This recipe sounds fantastic! My niece just found out she needs to be gluten free and I can’t wait to make this for her. Thanks for sharing!
Looks yummy. I need to try it out.
I would like this recipe!
This recipe looked so good, I copied it down. I am going to make it this next coming weekend. I thank you so much for the share.
I love Lemon Poppy See Pound Cake. Having it gluten free is a special treat. I am gluten sensitive but I cannot tell the difference with things. thank you for the recipe.
yummy this sound so scrumptious , i will def be giving this a try , i’m drooling 🙂 thanks so much for sharing !
This sounds delicious, I love it is gluten free .
I’ve been interested in trying Gluten free food but to be honest, this is the first baked good I’ve seen that actually looked tasty. Most look rather anemic. Your’s looks very tasty.
I used to love the lemon poppy seed muffins my parents made. This looks so good! I can’t wait to give it a try
I love all things lemon. I don’t have to do gluten free but will pass this to a friend who does.
Poppy seeds give muffins or cakes the greatest texture. I never bake but for gluten free people this looks like a great cake to have in the arsenal.