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Poppy Seed Cake with Blood Orange Glaze

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings 8 servings
Author Sonja Bradfield

Ingredients

For the cake:

  • 3 eggs
  • 2 1/2 cups of sugar
  • 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons of canola oil
  • 3 cups of all purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons of salt
  • 1 1/2 cups of milk
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon of almond extract
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons of poppy seeds
  • zest of one blood orange zest into the bowl with the milk
  • juice of one blood orange usually about 2 tablespoons
  • butter to grease the pan

For the glaze:

  • 3/4 cup of powdered sugar
  • 1/2 cup of blood orange juice from about 3 or 4 blood oranges
  • 2 teaspoons of melted butter
  • 1/2 teaspoon of almond extract

Instructions

  1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9.5 inch bundt pan with butter (use a paper towel to help get into all the crevices).
  2. Combine the milk, vanilla and almond extracts, and poppy seeds into a small bowl. Zest the blood orange over the bowl, cut the orange in half and add the juice of one orange (use a strainer to catch the seeds and pulp).
  3. Beat the eggs and sugar together until light and fluffy. Mix in the oil until the mixture is smooth.
  4. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt.
  5. Alternate between adding a fourth of the flour mixture and the milk mixture at a time. Mix well until everything is incorporated and the batter is smooth and a bit runny.
  6. Put the bundt pan on a baking sheet and bake for about 1 hr to about 1 hr and 15 minutes until a toothpick comes out cleaning from the cake. The cake should be a darker golden brown and risen.
  7. Let the cake cool in the pan until just above lukewarm (about 20-30 minutes). Turn upside down on a plate or cake stand (you might need to run a knife carefully around the edge to help it out.
  8. Whisk all the ingredients for the glaze and pour over the cake. Serve, making sure to mop up all the glaze on the plate that didn't make it on the cake.