Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in large mixing bowl. Add butter and beat with a mixture until blended. In another bowl, combine milk, eggs and vanilla. Beat into flour/butter mixture until very well combined. Stir in poppy seeds and lemon peel. Transfer batter to buttered, floured 9 cup bundt pan or tube pan. bake in preheated 160ºC oven for 1.25 hours. Cool 10 minutes and turn cake on to serving platter. Cook glaze ingredients until sugar dissolves. Glaze top and sides of warm cake with syrup. MAKES: 1 CAKE *If you are using unsalted butter, add half tsp salt to the recipe in place of a pinch of salt.