poppy seed cake
I love the movies made from books such as "Jane Eyre." Often, they seem to eat "seed cake" and are very happy to have it. I could not find a recipe for that cake, so made up my own. This little cake is tender, sweet, but not cloyingly sweet, and makes a lovely addition to a tea party.
yield
8 serving(s)
prep time
15 Min
cook time
40 Min
method
Bake
Ingredients For poppy seed cake
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1 1/4 cwhole wheat flour or whole wheat pastry flour
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1/2 cplain full-fat yogurt
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2 tspblue poppy seeds
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1/2 choney
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1/2 cbutter, softened
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2eggs
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1/4 tspfreshly grated nutmeg
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1/2 tspsalt
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1/2 tspbaking soda
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1/2 tspbaking powder
How To Make poppy seed cake
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1Sift the whole wheat flour, first, to remove larger pieces of bran, if not using whole wheat pastry flour. Butter and flour a 1 1/2 quart pyrex baking dish.
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2Cream butter and honey together in a medium sized mixing bowl.
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3Beat eggs in, one at a time.
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4Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg and salt. Stir in the poppy seeds.
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5Add the sifted dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, alternately with the yogurt.
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6Pour into prepared baking dish.
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7Bake at 350 F until it tests done with a toothpick. Remove from oven, cool 10 minutes in pan, and then invert onto cooling rack.
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8This little cake keeps well. I never frost it.
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