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.
They are SO difficult to work with. In my never-ending search for orange zest recipes, I came across this one in Levana Kirschenbaum's new book, Levana's Table. It's the most heavenly version of orange poppy seed cake I've seen so far. You can cook ORANGE POPPY SEED CAKE using 13 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of ORANGE POPPY SEED CAKE
- It’s 250 grams of Unsalted Butter.
- It’s 200 grams of Caster Sugar.
- Prepare 3 of Eggs.
- It’s 250 grams of Plain Flour.
- You need 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.
- Prepare 2 of Cardamom Pods.
- Prepare 1 of Vanilla Pod.
- You need 3 of Oranges, peeled.
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. This easy cake is bursting with bright citrus flavor, but it isn't overly sugary.
ORANGE POPPY SEED CAKE instructions
- 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.
Its sweetness level is closer to that of a snack or breakfast cake—so yes, you could easily I bought the biggest orange I could find it the store (I could barely hold it in one hand!) just for that reason. This recipe for flourless poppy seed cake makes a gluten-free and amazingly moist cake, with a great crunchy texture from the poppyseeds. Both had just had their birthdays, and I couldn't get my mind off Lilo's recipe* for flourless poppy seed cake, so I decided to bake it for them. Orange Poppy Seed Cake – Super moist and full of orange and poppy seeds – this cake is delicious! This cake is also chock-full of poppy seeds – half a cup in fact!
