Butter cake with poppy seeds
Recipe for a simple and quick fluffy cake with poppy seeds
Butter cake with poppy seeds and icing is a delicious and classic combination of flavors. The delicate and fluffy butter cake is filled with aromatic poppy seeds, and the whole is topped with sweet icing. This is an ideal suggestion for a sweet treat with afternoon tea or coffee. Try preparing this cake yourself at home and enjoy its unique taste! Check out my recipe below the photos and watch a short video of the preparation.
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Butter cake with poppy seeds – preparation video
See how easily and quickly you can prepare such an incredibly delicious and fluffy cake with poppy seeds. Watch my short video.
Butter cake with poppy seeds RECIPE with step-by-step photos
If you are looking for a quick and simple poppy seed cake that is also very tasty, fluffy, and moist, then this recipe is for you. You must try it!
Butter cake with poppy seeds recipe
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- Baking pan approximately 20/30 cm or 24/24 cm.
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ingredients for fluffy poppy seed cake
- 350 g wheat flour – all-purpose (- 2 and 1/3 cups)
- 250 g sugar (- 1 and 1/4 cups)
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3 tablespoons poppy seeds (unmilled)
- 200 g butter (softened)
- 250 ml milk (lukewarm)
- 3 eggs (- size L – at room temperature!)
- 100 g natural yogurt (- at room temperature!)
ingredients for cake glaze
- 150 g powdered sugar (- 1 cup)
- 3-4 tablespoons heavy cream (for consistency – milk can also be used)
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How to make a simple poppy seed cake step by step
- In a mixer bowl, mix the dry ingredients – flour, sugar, baking powder, and poppy seeds.350 g wheat flour – all-purpose, 250 g sugar, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 3 tablespoons poppy seeds
- Add the softened butter in portions and mix on low speed.200 g butter
- Add the lukewarm milk, mixing on low speed.250 ml milk
- Add eggs one by one and yogurt – mix only until combined – do not overmix, as it may result in a dense, uncooked layer.3 eggs, 100 g natural yogurt
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake at 180 degrees (top/bottom heat) for 30-35 minutes – until a wooden skewer comes out clean.
- After baking, let it cool slightly.
- Prepare the glaze – pour the sugar into a bowl and add heavy cream or milk, one tablespoon at a time – the glaze should be thick but slightly pourable.150 g powdered sugar, 3-4 tablespoons heavy cream
- Spread the glaze over the cake – you can additionally sprinkle the top of the cake with dry poppy seeds.
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Fluffy poppy seed cake – tips
I invite you to try this delicious and very simple butter cake with poppy seeds.
This cake turns out super fluffy and has a great texture.
For the cake to be fluffy, it is important that all ingredients are at room temperature.
It’s best to take butter, eggs, milk, and natural yogurt out of the fridge two hours beforehand.
You can also briefly warm the milk, yogurt, and butter in the microwave to bring them to room temperature.
You can put the eggs in very warm water for a while.
Besides that, you will, of course, need poppy seeds here.
For this poppy seed cake, we use unground poppy seeds – the kind in grains.
I added 3 tablespoons of it, and the poppy seeds created charming freckles in the cake.
You can add one more tablespoon if you really like poppy seed cakes :)
I additionally flavored my fluffy poppy seed cake with a hint of almond extract.
How to make butter cake with poppy seeds?
In the attached video, you can see that preparing this cake is extremely simple.
Here we have a slightly reversed method of mixing ingredients.
First, we combine the dry ingredients, and then we add soft butter in pieces and milk, which combines the ingredients into a uniform and smooth mass.
Just add eggs and yogurt, and the delicious fluffy poppy seed cake is practically ready.
You can additionally flavor the cake.
I love the combination of poppy seeds with almond flavor, which is why it fit perfectly here.
If you don’t have almond extract, you can use another one – e.g., vanilla or lemon.
It’s nice to spread icing on the butter cake with poppy seeds after baking. I made my icing with added heavy cream – it provides a whiter and thicker icing.
You can also use milk, or lemon juice if you want to get lemon icing.
I hope you enjoy this butter cake with poppy seeds as much as I do :)
I’ll add that this cake stores wonderfully and is ideal for transport. I took it on our trip to the mountains where, as every year, we participated in the Rzeźnik Running Festival, and the cake arrived intact. Moreover, it stayed fresh for a long time and was wonderfully soft and fluffy for several days.
If you are interested in mountain running and running in general, I highly recommend my husband’s blog, where he reports on his runs. The report from the Rzeźnik Ultramarathon 2022 is also available there to read :)
By the way, I recommend my other poppy seed cake recipes – such as Japanese poppy seed cake, or the best yeast buns with poppy seeds :)
And if you like cookbooks, I highly recommend my book “Beata’s Best Bakes” where you will find many delicious recipes for sweet baked goods for various occasions.
Recommended poppy seed cake recipes
Be sure to check out my other recipes for delicious poppy seed cakes. There’s a wide selection on the blog, and here I recommend three such recipes, among others:
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