Poppy seed cake
For Emanuel the Butterfly
10 servings
55 minutes
Ingredients:
8 | eggs | |
55 g | almond slices | |
11 spoonfuls | ground poppy seeds | |
5 g | baking powder (from potassium hydrogen tartrate) | |
150 g | honey | |
250 g | mascarpone cheese | |
240 g | soft cheese | |
1 | vanilla pod | |
juice from half a lemon | ||
2 spoonfuls | poppy seed oil | |
jam for spreading the base |
Instructions:
- Separate the egg whites and yolks ● Whip the egg whites ● Grind the almonds (no need for them to be finely ground) ● With the beater, whip the egg yolks until foamy, add 50g honey, poppy seeds, almonds, baking powder and mix until well combined ● Slowly pour the poppy seed mixture to the egg whites and combine thoroughly ● Put the dough into a cake tin lined with baking paper ● Preheat the oven to 180°C and bake for about 30 minutes (use a wooden skewer for testing) ● When out of the oven, leave it to cool
- Put mascarpone cheese, Soft cheese, remaining honey, spoonful of poppy seed oil, juice extracted from half a lemon and vanilla pod beans in a bowl and mix properly using the flexi whisk until the ingredients are well combined into a cream
- Slice the cake base (rid of the baking paper) along the centre in halves and put the upper part aside ● Sprinkle the lower part with poppy seed oil and brush with jam ● Spoon the cream carefully on top of the jam layer ● Place the upper part of the base gently onto the cream layer ● Sprinkle it with poppy seed oil, rub it into the base and slowly spoon the remaining cream on top ● Spread the upper part with a thin layer of jam and put nuts on top ● Finally, sprinkle the cake with poppy seeds ● Leave to rest overnight