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tags:
  - dessert
  - cake
  - claire-saffitz
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# :chestnut: Poppy Seed Almond Cake

![Poppy Seed Almond Cake][1]{ loading=lazy }

| :fork_and_knife_with_plate: Serves | :timer_clock: Total Time |
|:----------------------------------:|:-----------------------: |
| 12 | 1.60 hours |

## :salt: Ingredients - Cake

- :dash: 1.5 tsp baking powder
- :ear_of_rice: 390 g all-purpose flour
- :salt: 1 tsp salt
- :blue_circle: 2 Tbsp poppy seeds
- :candy: 465 g granulated sugar
- :icecream: 1.5 tsp vanilla
- :chestnut: 1.5 tsp almond extract
- :glass_of_milk: 360 g whole milk
- :egg: 3 eggs
- :oil_drum: 288 g neutral oil

## :salt: Ingredients - Glaze

- :candy: 90 g confectioners' sugar
- :orange_circle: 57 g orange juice
- :butter: 2 tsp (10 g) unsalted butter
- :icecream: 0.5 tsp vanilla
- :chestnut: 0.5 tsp almond extract

## :cooking: Cookware

- 1 bundt pan or 2 loaf pans
- 1 stand mixer
- 1 cake tester
- 1 small offset spatula
- 1 cooling rack
- 1 skewer
- 1 pastry brush

## :pencil: Instructions - Cake

### Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°F.

### Step 2

Prepare a bundt pan or 2 loaf pans with a neutral oil and flour.

### Step 3

Add baking powder, all-purpose flour, salt, poppy seeds, and granulated sugar to bowl of stand mixer and mix.

### Step 4

Add vanilla extract and almond extract to room temperature whole milk.

### Step 5

Add room temperature eggs, neutral oil and milk mixture to bowl and mix with dry ingredients.

### Step 6

Mix for about 1 minute on medium-high.

### Step 7

Pour batter into prepared pan and bake in oven for 80 to 90 minutes.

## :pencil: Instructions - Glaze

### Step 8

Make the glaze by adding confectioners' sugar, orange juice, melted unsalted butter, vanilla extract, and almond extract
to a small bowl.

### Step 9

Whisk until there are no more lumps and set aside.

### Step 10

Check the cake with a cake tester until the cake tester is clean.

### Step 11

Separate the edges of the cake from the pan using a small offset spatula.

### Step 12

Let the cake cook in the pan for about 15 minutes.

### Step 13

Turn the cake out of the pan by putting a cooling rack over the pan and then flipping the pan upside down.

### Step 14

Poke the cake with a skewer to add holes for the glaze to seep into.

### Step 15

Glaze the cake while still warm with a pastry brush.

### Step 16

Wait for the cake to cool and the glaze to crystallize before serving.

## :link: Source

- <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBlRFuMjvZE>

[1]: <../../assets/images/poppy-seed-almond-cake.jpg>