I practically refuse to make anything other than a bundt cake. I hate dealing with layer cakes and sheet cakes are so "unglamorous". I can't recommend enough the book "The Cake Doctor". It has been worth every penny. Incidentally, you can get a paperback version on Amazon for less than ten dollars. If you don't want to purchase it see if you can find it at the library.
One of my favorite recipes in the book (besides the rum cake
) is her Lemon Poppyseed Cake. I just did a google to see if I could find it on line. That failed but I found this recipe that credits it as the source and it sounds really good. I may try it for the holidays.
http://www.recipething.com/recipes/s...poppyseed-cake