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.
prep time
15 Min
cook time
40 Min
method
Bake
yield
8 serving(s)
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups whole wheat flour or whole wheat pastry flour
- 1/2 cup plain full-fat yogurt
- 2 teaspoons blue poppy seeds
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 2 - eggs
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
How To Make poppy seed cake
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Step 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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Step 2Cream butter and honey together in a medium sized mixing bowl.
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Step 3Beat eggs in, one at a time.
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Step 4Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg and salt. Stir in the poppy seeds.
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Step 5Add the sifted dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, alternately with the yogurt.
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Step 6Pour into prepared baking dish.
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Step 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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Step 8This little cake keeps well. I never frost it.
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