RUM-DOUSED LEMON POPPY-SEED CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Grease a 10" tube pan or bundt pan.
• In large bowl, beat together butter, cream cheese until well blended.
• Mix in sugar, eggs, and lemon rind until light and fluffy.
• In seperate bowl sift, flour and baking powder, stir into butter mixture.
• Add in poppy seeds.
• Bake 55 to 60 minutes.
• Cool 15 minutes in pan, then invert onto a wire rack to finish cooling.
• Drizzle rum over cooled cake slowly, allowing for absorption before drizzling on rest.
• Cover and let stand 2 or 3 hours before serving.
• Serve with a dollop of whipped cream.