John made a recipe that he tweaked from Ask Georgie for Lemon Poppyseed Protein Bars. I called them cake because his version came out more like this.
We had this for breakfast a month or so ago. You could also have it for dessert!
The original recipe is here, and this is what John did. **
Dry ingredients
• 1 1/3 cups white whole wheat flour
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 30 grams plain whey protein powder (2 scoops)
• 2 tablespoons poppy seeds
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
Wet ingredients:
• 1 cup of 1% milk
• 1/2 cup regular sour cream
• ¾ cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 2 ½ teaspoons lemon extract
• 2 eggs
Preheat oven to 350 F. Coat a 9 x 9 inch square baking pan with cooking spray.
In a large bowl, mix together all of the dry ingredients and set aside.
In another bowl, mix all wet ingredients together really well.
Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients, then pour in the wet. Fold the mixture together until moistened. If you over work the batter, these will be tough.
Pour the batter into the baking dish and bake for 40 – 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. You may need to keep checking this.
Cool and cut into 9 pieces – cause I like the pieces big and I told John no more than 9 pieces in a 9 x 9 in pan 
The texture is very moist. It is definitely best served a little warm, so heat up your leftovers a little bit.
Nutritional Stats: Based on 9 pieces. Your results may vary based on protein powder and sour cream/milk.
Per piece: 207 calories, 5.3 grams of fat, 29 grams of carbs, 2 grams of fiber, 8 grams of protein.
**(Changes made: Georgie uses Splenda, vanilla protein powder, and adds lemon zest. John substituted the fat free greek yogurt with both the milk and the sour cream. He used unflavored whey protein. He also used a smaller pan for thicker pieces.)
I topped mine with a bit of coconut butter. 😀
I made lemon poppyseed bread a few weekends ago. It was my first time making it and it was pretty good. I also substituted the plain yogurt with plain greek yogurt.
Bookmarked! I have everything except the lemon extract and the poppy seeds, but other than that I’m good to go. 🙂
I love the combination of lemon and poppy seeds – perfect for Spring!
Yum! I love the lemon poppyseed combo .. is it true you shouldn’t have poppy seed before a drug test? I just remember my last drug test I unintentionally had some poppyseeds and was drinking water like crazy to hopefully flush it out! lol
Boy this looks good. With warmer weather coming, lemon is sounding better and better.
Oh – Jane, yes you can have a false positive on a drug test if you consumed poppy seeds. You can find more info on snopes about this: http://www.snopes.com/medical/drugs/poppyseed.asp
Yummy! I have had that bookmarked on Georgie’s site forever, but have never made it. I like your idea of making it more ‘cake-like.’ Whoever thought of putting poppy seeds and lemon together?
Lemon and poppyseed or almond and poppyseed are two of my favorite dessert flavors!
Watcing the photo is torture! 🙂 At least this is soemething I might be able to bake myself.
YUM!!!!
Mmmm… looks and sounds good. I’ve got some protein powder that we aren’t too crazy about. It would be a good idea to use it in baked goods to add protein and not alter flavor. Thanks for the reminder 🙂
Have a great weekend. HOpe you get to ride outside although the weather looks a bit cold for it.
Are these nutritional stats when using the splenda & greek yogurt in place of the milk & sour cream? This sounds & looks YUMMY!!!
No the stats are with the milk and sour cream and regular sugar. They would be less if you used Splenda.
At the risk of sounding like Rachel Ray “Yum-o”. Now if I start saying EVOO please get on a plane and smack me!!! 🙂 Have a great Friday Lori.
I will be right over!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂
LOVE poppyseeds! This looks awesome. Aaaaand I got 10 comments from you in my google reader today =/
Yeah, I got some comments, too. This is really annoying.