Orange Poppy Seed Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180C.
• Beat eggs and sugar in a bowl.
• Sift in flour and mix to combine.
• Add orange rind, carrot, almond meal and poppy seeds and stir together.
• Spoon mixtue into a cake tin lined with baking paper.
• Cook for 20 minutes or untill golden and cooked through the center. Check with a metal skwerer or knive.
• For frosting mix all ingrediants in a bowl until no lumps and spread with a knive over the top of cake after it has had time to cool.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, soak poppy seeds in milk for 30 minutes. Place egg whites in a large bowl; let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes., In another large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Combine flour and baking powder; add to creamed mixture alternately with poppy seed mixture, beating well after each addition. Beat egg whites until soft peaks form; fold into batter. , Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Bake at 375° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack., For frosting, in a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter and vanilla until smooth. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar. Spread over cake. Store in the refrigerator.

Steps:

• For the orange poppy cake batter: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line cupcake pans with cupcake liners (for a total of 26 cupcakes).
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter, granulated sugar and poppy seed filling. Stir in the buttermilk. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt and whisk thoroughly. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and incorporate without over-mixing. Stir in the vanilla, orange oil and orange zest.
• Fill the cupcake liners two-thirds full; bake until an inserted toothpick comes out clean, about 18 minutes. Allow the cupcakes to cool completely before frosting.
• For the orange cream cheese frosting: In a large bowl using an electric mixer, beat the butter on medium high until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Add the cream cheese and beat an additional 4 minutes. Turn off the mixer, add the confectioners' sugar one cup at a time and mix until fully incorporated. While on a low speed, mix in the orange juice, orange liqueur, orange oil and orange zest. Beat on high for an additional 2 minutes.
• Using a piping bag, pipe the frosting onto the cupcakes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F Grease 10-inch bundt pan (or two small loaf pans).
• Cream butter and sugar together in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Sift flour, baking powder and salt together. Add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Mix well after each addition.
• Fold in poppy seeds, vanilla and grated orange zest. Pour batter into the prepared pan(s).
• Set on middle rack of oven and bake for 50-60 minutes (less time if baked in loaf pans), or until edges shrink away slightly from sides of pan and cake tester inserted into center comes out clean. Let cake cool in the pan for 30 minutes before turning it out onto a cake rack.
• When cake has slightly cooled, prick holes in it 1 1/2 inches apart with a long toothpick and pour the *Orange glaze evenly over top. Serve warm. Disposable loaf pans work great for this, as the pans hold all the glaze and keep the cake moist.
• *Orange Glaze.
• 1/2 cup fresh orange juice.
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar.
• Combine orange juice and sugar in a small saucepan and simmer gently for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until a light syrup forms.

Steps:

• Set oven to 350°F (oven set to second-lowest position).
• Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
• In a large bowl using an electric mixer at medium speed cream the sugar with shortening for about 2 minutes.
• Add in eggs, almond and vanilla extract; beat until very well combined on high speed.
• In a small bowl sift together flour with baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture along with the buttermilk; mix until just combined.
• Mix in the poppy seeds.
• Bake for about 30-35 minutes or until cake tests done.
• Cool completely.
• For the frosting; in a medium bowl cream the cream cheese, butter, vanilla and whipping cream until light and fluffy (about 2 minutes).
• Add in confectioners sugar and beat until fluffy (adding in more confectioners sugar or whipping cream if needed until desired consistency is achieved).
• Mix in the Cool Whip until completely blended.
• Spread over the cake then sprinkle the top with sliced almonds if desired.