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Cherry poppy seed cake recipe

45 ratings

A lovely poppy seed and cherry cake mix with a drizzle of lemon icing. See method

Serves 8
35mins to prepare and 40-45mins to cook, plus 20mins for drying icing
606 calories / serving
Freezable

Ingredients

1 tablespoon vegetable oil, to grease tin
75g poppy seeds
250ml milk or Alpro soya cream
180g Kosher margarine or unsalted butter
200g golden caster sugar
4 eggs
1 teaspoon almond essence
200g self-raising flour
pinch of salt
100g ground almonds
zest and juice of 1 lemon
400g cherries, pitted and drained

For the lemon icing

150g icing sugar
2 tablespoons lemon juice

No self-raising flour? Add 2 tsp baking powder for every 150g plain flour

Each serving contains

Energy
2540kj
606kcal 30%
Fat
35g 50%
Saturates
14g 68%
Sugars
54g 60%
Salt
0.5g 8%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 76.2g Protein 12.1g Fibre 4.2g

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/ 350°F/Gas mark 4. Grease and line a 22cm loose based cake tin.

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Combine the poppy seeds and milk in a saucepan. Bring to the boil for 1 minute and leave to stand for 10 minutes.
Place the butter and sugar into the food processor and cream together until pale and thick. Add the eggs, almond essence, flour, pinch of salt, ground almonds and zest and juice of a lemon and whizz together until well combined. Pour in the milk and poppy seed mixture and whizz again.

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Remove the mixture from the food processor and transfer to a bowl. Stir in the cherries. Pour the mixture into the prepared cake tin.
Bake for 40 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Turn out on to a wire rack to cool.

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Meanwhile make the lemon icing by combining the icing sugar and lemon juice in a small bowl and beat together until smooth. Pour the mixture into a plastic bag or a disposable piping bag. Using scissors snip off the very tip of the corner of the bag.

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Drizzle the icing onto the cake by gently squeezing to release the glaze. Leave to dry completely before serving (this will take about 20 minutes).
*Some Kosher products may be available in limited stores.