Lemon Poppy Seed Cake with Chocolate Glaze

My friend Courtney made this cake for a holiday party we had. It was so amazing! I had to get the recipe. I decided I wanted to make it for Christmas for our families. Well instead of following the recipe, which calls for a boxed cake, I decided to make it from scratch. Let me just say, "Big Mistake!" I made "Lemon poppy seed muffins" and topped it off with chocolate glaze. It was so dry and not very sweet. We ended up throwing it out! So my advice to you is, follow the recipe!

LEMON POPPY SEED CAKE:
1 box of lemon cake mix (disregard their directions)
1/3 cup poppy seeds
1/3 cup milk
3 eggs
8 oz plain yogurt
1 tsp freshly grated lemon peel

1. Preheat oven to 350. Combine all ingredients in a bowl and bake in a bundt pan for 40 min. Let cake cool completely on a wire rack.

CHOCOLATE CITRUS GLAZE:
2 Tbsp butter
2 Tbsp cocoa
2 Tbsp milk
1/8 tsp orange extract
1 cup powdered sugar

1. Melt butter in saucepan. Remove from heat and whisk all ingredients into butter gradually. Drizzle over cake. Refrigerate until served.

You may be thinking, "oh but I don't care for orange chocolate glaze." I thought the same thing, but once I tasted it...oh man did I change my mind fast! Let me tell you that it tastes so good.