06/07/2024
Mandarin Poppy Seed Cake
Aromatic mandarins add a fragrant zing to this buttery poppy seed cake. You will need 4-6 mandarins for this recipe, depending on their size.
Makes:
1 loaf
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 35-40 minutes
Ingredients
- 180g butter, softened
- 3/4 cup caster sugar
- 2 teaspoons grated mandarin or orange rind
- 3 eggs
- 1 3/4 cups self raising flour
- 2 tablespoons poppy seeds
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1/3 cup mandarin or orange juice
- MANDARIN ICING
- 1 cup pure icing sugar, sifted
- 2 tablespoons mandarin or orange juice
- sliced mandarin, for garnish
Method
- Using an electric mixer, beat butter and mandarin rind until soft and creamy. Gradually beat in eggs, then fold in flour, poppy seeds, milk and mandarin juice.
- Spoon into a buttered and lined 20cm x 10cm x 7cm loaf pan and bake at 180°C for 35-40 minutes until golden and cooked when tested.
- Turn out onto a cooling rack, allow to cool and drizzle with icing and garnish with mandarin slices.
- MANDARIN ICING Combine icing sugar and mandarin juice in a metal bowl, mixing until smooth. Warm over a saucepan of simmering water to thin the icing if required, before drizzling over the cake.
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