'V' orange poppy seed cake

Name: 'V' orange poppy seed cake
Total time: 120 s
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/4 cup 180 g butter plus extra for greasing; 3 cup 300 g all purpose plain flour; 1 1/2 tsp baking powder; 3/4 cup 150 g sugar; 4 large eggs; 3 tbsp milk; 1 tsp orange zest; 1 each 'for the orange caramel'; 1 cup 100 ml water; 1 cup 200 g sugar; 1/4 cup 50 g butter; 3/4 unwaxed oranges; 1 'for the poppy seed mixture'; 1 tbsp rum; 1/3 heaped cup/50 g rasins; 1/4 cup 60 ml milk; 2 tbsp /25 g soft butter; 1 cup /125g ground poppy seeds; 1 tbsp 2-4 tablespoon sugar; 1 finely-chopped candied lemon or orange peel, i used both; 1 egg if necessary

vampira @WaterPeacock61

took ages to make
but well worth it mmm

vampira @WaterPeacock61

took ages to make
but well worth it mmm

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Ingredients

2 mins

10 servings

1/4 cup180 g butter plus extra for greasing
3 cup300 g all purpose plain flour
1 1/2 tspbaking powder
3/4 cup150 g sugar
4 largeeggs
3 tbspmilk
1 tsporange zest
1 each'for the orange caramel'
1 cup100 ml water
1 cup200 g sugar
1/4 cup50 g butter
3/4unwaxed oranges
1'for the poppy seed mixture'
1 tbsprum
1/3heaped cup/50 g rasins
1/4 cup60 ml milk
2 tbsp/25 g soft butter
1 cup/125g ground poppy seeds
1 tbsp2-4 tablespoon sugar
1finely-chopped candied lemon or orange peel, i used both
1egg if necessary

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Steps

2 mins

1

Grease an 11 inch/cm spring release cake pan (tin) .Put the raisins for the poppy seed mixture in a bowl, add rum and leave to soak
2

Meanwhile make the caramel. Put the water and sugar in a saucepan and heat until brown and caramalized.Remove from the heat, stir in the butter and immediately pour in the cake tin, coating both the base and sides. Slice the oranges very thinly and press neatly onto the base and sides of the prepared cake pan, overlapping them slightly.
3

to make the poppy seed mixture, pour the milk into a saucepan, add the butter and bring to the boil. Stir in the poppy seeds, sugar to taste, and add the candied lemon or orange peel and the raisins. Set aside and leave to cool. When cold, stirr in the egg, if necessary, to bind the mixture together.
4

Present oven to 180c/350f to make the cake, put the butter, flour, baking powder, sugar, eggs, milk orange zest, and the poppy seed mixture put into a large bowl and mix to a smooth batter. Stir in a little more milk if the batter is to stiff. turn into the orange-lined cake pan and smooth the top
5

Bake in the oven for 50-60 mins until a wooden cocktail stick inserted into middle comes out clean. Leave to cool completely. serves about 10.