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Poppy Seed Crazy Cake

Marty Thyme
25 minutes
1 cake
Beginner

This cake is called "crazy" for a reason -- the ingredients are mixed in the baking tin! Saves on the washing up. After baking, leave it in the tin, cover and chill overnight to allow the flavours to develop. This also makes the cake moister. It will need to be sliced in the tin. The picture shows the cake with a passion fruit glaze.

Total Steps

8

Ingredients

12

Tools Needed

5

Ingredients

  • 100 gram unbleached bread flour
  • 50 gram unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 0.5 teaspoon baking powder
  • 0.5 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
  • 0.5 teaspoon salt
  • 85 gram caster sugar
  • 2 tablespoon blue poppy seeds
  • 1 teaspoon cider vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 50 ml vegetable or sunflower oil(optional)
  • 1.5 tablespoon golden syrup
  • 150 ml milk

Instructions

1

Step 1

until preheated

Preheat the oven at 180°C/350°F.

2

Step 2

Sift together flours, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt; stir in sugar and poppy seeds.

3

Step 3

Place dry ingredients into a 21cm/8-inch square baking tin.

4

Step 4

With the handle of a wooden spoon, make three holes in the mixture.

5

Step 5

Put vinegar in one hole, vanilla extract in the second, and oil and golden syrup in the third.

6

Step 6

Pour milk over the mixture and stir, quickly but gently, with a wooden spoon until the mixture is smooth.

7

Step 7

25-30 minutes

Bake for 25-30 minutes, until risen and centre is springy to the touch.

8

Step 8

overnight

Cool the cake in the tin, then cover tin with foil and refrigerate overnight.

Tools & Equipment

oven
sifter
21cm/8-inch square baking tin
wooden spoon
foil

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