Almond Poppy Seed Cake
"This is great recipe that has been a tradition of the family for many Christmas's. Although it can be made any time of year. I normally do not use the glaze, because it is not needed. However, I have included the complete recipe."
- Ready In:
- 1hr 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Yields:
-
2 loafs
ingredients
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Cake or Bread
- 3 cups flour
- 2 3⁄4 cups sugar
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
- 3 eggs
- 1 1⁄2 cups milk
- 1 1⁄2 cups oil
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon almond flavoring
- 1 tablespoon butter flavoring
- 1⁄4 cup poppy seed
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Glaze (optional)
- 1⁄4 cup orange juice concentrate
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄2 teaspoon almond flavoring
- 1⁄2 teaspoon butter flavoring
directions
- In a mixing bowl or kitchen aid mixer, blend together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, eggs, oil, milk, vanilla, almond, butter and poppy seed until well blended.
- Pour into a greased and lightly floured bunt pan or 13x9 cake pan or 2 loaf pans.
- Bake at 350 F for 1 hour.
- While baking mix together oj concentrate (defrosted), sugar and extracts for glaze.
- Test cake with a toothpick, it should come out clean. If done remove from oven and let sit in pan for 15 minutes.
- Remove the cake from the pan if using bunt or loaf pans, and top with the glaze while still hot.
- Let cool on cooling rack for 3-6 hours.
- Refrigerate for up to a week or freeze for 3 months.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Lab Chef
United States
As my moniker might display, I am a chef and I work in a laboratory. I have working a healthcare lab for the past 18 years. With the exception of the two years that took a break and went culinary school. Let me tell you, working with food is fun, but it really does not pay the bills. So I went back into healthcare. Now I just cook for my friends and family.
One thing that I learned in culinary school is once you have the techniques of cooking, you can cook just about anything. I am not saying go out and spend tens of thousands of dollars on culinary school. But try to learn as much about cooking techniques as you can, take a class at your local continuing education location, read a lot, there are many great teaching cooking shows (Good Eats), and of course there is always YouTube. But most of all, cook what you love, and have fun. Do not let cooking be a "I have 30 minutes to make a meal before I have to do X." Cook on your days off or weekends, play some music, have some wine, but have fun. If it does not turn out, do not get mad, but try to figure out why it did not turn out. It usually either a bad recipe, or bad technique.
