ORANGE POPPY SEED CAKE. The longer name would be "orange, poppy seed, olive oil and yogurt loaf cakey-bread". This cake has the dense texture and light sweetness of pound cake. The subtle herbal notes of the olive oil hide behind the pervasive orange flavor in the poppy seed-studded crumb.
Poppy seeds are highly nutritious and are used in. Soft and tender Orange Poppy Seed Cake topped with a luscious cream cheese frosting. This easy cake comes together in minutes and is perfect for your next celebration! You can cook ORANGE POPPY SEED CAKE using 13 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of ORANGE POPPY SEED CAKE
- Prepare 250 grams of Unsalted Butter.
- You need 200 grams of Caster Sugar.
- You need 3 of Eggs.
- You need 250 grams of Plain Flour.
- It's 1 tsp of Baking Powder.
- It's 2 of Oranges, zested and squeezed.
- You need 50 grams of Poppy Seeds.
- It's of Oranges in Syrup.
- It's 150 ml of Water.
- You need 100 grams of Caster Sugar.
- It's 2 of Cardamom Pods.
- Prepare 1 of Vanilla Pod.
- Prepare 3 of Oranges, peeled.
More one layer cake magic 🌟. You're going to fall in love with this citrus wonder. Tender Orange Poppy Seed Cake layers with a delicious mascarpone frosting. Every time I make a cheese based frosting, I swear it will be my last.
ORANGE POPPY SEED CAKE step by step
- Preheat the oven to gas 5, 190C, fan 170C. Line the base of a 20cm springform cake tin with nonstick baking paper, lightly grease the sides with butter and dust with flour. Beat the butter and sugar in a bowl for 2 minutes until light and fluffy..
- Add the eggs one at a time, beating after each addition. Add the flour and baking powder and beat until combined. Add the orange zest and juice and the poppy seeds then beat together. Pour into the tin and bake for 50 minutes. Remove from oven and cool..
- Meanwhile, for the oranges in syrup, heat the water, sugar, cardamom pods and vanilla seeds in a small saucepan. Bring to the boil then simmer for 7-10 minutes, or until syrupy. Remove from heat..
- Cut the peeled oranges into slices and put in the syrup. Remove the cake from the tin and put on a platter. Spoon the oranges in syrup over, and serve.
Tips for Making this Orange Poppy Seed Cake. It's a bit harder to get orange flavour to come through than lemon — it's less potent overall. Orange Poppy Seed Cake - Rich and moist, full of citrus flavor and enough poppy seeds to satisfy a poppy seed lover. The buttery base is so soft almost melting in your mouth. The poppy seed layer is light, a great combination with the soft cake and oranges.