Poppy cake

Simple but tasty cake for every day. In western Ukraine, poppy seeds are very common - they are used in cakes, cheesecakes and desserts. I had very little to do with this ingredient and decided to fix it. The cake is quite simple - sponge cake and mascarpone-based cream, but it turns out delicious and beautiful.

poppyseed cake with mascarpone cream

Composition:

batter:

• poppyseed - 120g
.
• milk - 250 ml
• flour - 300g
• leavening agent - 10 gr.
• softened butter - 180 gr.
• sugar - 200 gr.
• vanilla sugar - 1 tbsp.
• egg whites - 3 pcs.
• salt

cream:

• mascarpone - 350 gr.
• sugar powder - 150 gr.
• vanilla sugar - 1 tbsp.

• cream butter for greasing the mold

Poppyseed cake preparation:

Rinse the poppy seeds and strain out the water.

washed poppy

Bring the milk to a boil over low heat, remove from heat, pour the poppy into the milk, stir and cool.

poppy milk

Sift together the flour and leavening agent and mix.

flour

With a mixer, beat the butter with 150g sugar and 1 tbsp vanilla sugar.

sugar butter

Add the sifted flour and gently mix until smooth.

oil with flour

Pour in the milk and poppy seeds and stir again.

poppyseed dough

poppyseed dough

Whisk the room temperature egg whites with the remaining sugar with a mixer until stiff, stiff peaks form and gently mix into the dough using a bottom-up motion so that the whites do not fall off and remain airy.

whipped whites

poppyseed cake batter

Grease the bottom of the mold with butter.

Spread the batter over the mold and bake in a preheated 180 degree oven for about 1 hour.

Distribute the batter over the mold and bake in a preheated 180 degree oven for about 1 hour.

poppyseed dough in a mold

Check for doneness with a toothpick: it should come out dry.

prepared shortcake

Remove the warm ready-made shortcake from the mold, cool completely and cut lengthwise into two pieces.

For the cream, beat the mascarpone with the powdered sugar and vanilla sugar with a mixer.

powdered sugar mascarpone

mascarpone cream

Pour a third of the cream onto one cake, smooth it out, cover with the second cake and cover the sides and top with the remaining cream.

cake assembly

cream cake

Decorate the cake to your liking.

poppy cake

Put the cake in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours.

Serve the finished cake chilled.

Have a nice appetite!

Make the cake and serve it chilled.