Poppy seed cakes are my husband’s favorite and I’ve been making this one since we got married. It’s become a family favorite, and is one I make often.
Poppy Seed Cake
Servings
1 Servings
Ingredients
- 1 cup ground poppy seeds
- Sweet wine or ½ cup milk warm
- 5 eggs yolks and whites separated
- 1 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 Tbs. brandy
- 1 Tbs. lemon zest optional
- Pinch of salt
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 170°C/325°F.
- Put the poppy seeds in a bowl and pour the warm milk or wine over. Let sit for 10 minutes.
- In a separate bowl, mix together the egg yolks, ¾ cup of the sugar, brandy, lemon zest (if using), salt and oil.
- Slowly stir in the soaked poppy seeds, flour, and baking powder.
- In another bowl, whisk together the egg whites with the remaining ½ cup sugar until soft peaks form.
- Gently fold the egg whites into the cake batter.
- Pour into greased 26-cm baking pan and bake for 45 to 50 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out dry.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool before slicing.
- Tip: to make a richer cake slice it in the middle and make your favorite chocolate cream topping and spread in the middle and on top.
Love this! You actually do not need baking powder or corn starch coz of egg whites. For a fluffy cake add a table spoon of a hot water (not boiled) when mixing eggs yolks and sugar.
Thank you Lea for sharing. Try at the spice shops. If you find whole poppy seeds you can grind them in a coffee grinder. If not look on-line I’m sure you will find them. Hope this helped. Orly
Hi
love your website …
i live in LA and it is all about ground poppy seeds …i was looking all over can not find it.at the stores i can find the poppy seeds cans but it contained the corn sysop that i do not like .and it impossible to make this recipe with cans its too thick .if you have any information where to buy it will be great .
Sincerely
Lea S
It is essential to ground the poppy seeds.
It’s possible to make chocolate cream for the top to enrich the cake
es necesario molerlas o simplemente se remojan
podrias enviarnos una crema de chocolate para rellenar
gracias
Frippie, it will work without the brandy. You can replace it with the same liquid you use with the poppy seeds.
Would this work without the brandy? Do I need to replace it with something else? Thanks.
Yes Vixis I do mean 1 cup of ground poppy seeds
Sam the best way to grind poppy seeds is in a coffee grinder
And do you mean 1 cup of poppy seeds before or after they are ground?
What is the best way to grind poppy seeds at home if you don’t have a poppy seed grinder ( not very common here)