• Preheat oven to 325* degrees.
• Grease an 8 x 4 inch loaf pan.
• Beat together butter and sugar in a large bowl until fluffy, for about 2 minutes. Next beat in the eggs, one at a time.
• In a medium size bowl, stir together the flour, poppy seeds, lemon rind, baking powder and salt.  
• Next, stir the flour mixture alternately with the milk into the butter mixture, making three additions of flour and two of milk.
• Pour the mixture into the prepared pan and bake in the preheated oven for about 50 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.

Lemon Syrup

• Combine all the ingredients for the lemon syrup in a microwaveable bowl and heat for 1 minute, or until sugar dissolves.
• With a wooden skewer, poke holes all over the hot loaf, piercing all the way down to the bottom.
• Pour the lemon syrup evenly over the warm loaf and let it cool for 30 minutes. Invert the loaf onto a rack and let it cool completely.