There’s just something about orange in cake that is so beautiful isn’t there? A certain elegance if you will, so that’s what’s on the menu today, delightful and delicious Orange Cakes with poppy seeds!
Fluffy
Soft
Hearty
Flavoursome
Simple
1-bowl
Poppy Seeds compliment the fresh orange zest and juice in these loaves, creating one scrumptious mouthful each time! 1-bowl cakes never fail to impress!
These zesty orange cakes are perfect for your weekly snack and for your relaxing weekend afternoons. You could also make them to celebrate a special occasion!
When will you be baking up a storm in the kitchen? Will these tasty orange poppy seed cakes be next?
Orange Poppy Seed Cakes
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Author: Wholesome Patisserie
Recipe type: Cake, Gluten Free
Serves: 5 small loaves
Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp butter, melted
- 1¼ cups gluten free all purpose flour, I use ‘Bob’s Red Mill Baking 1-1 Gluten Free Flour’
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ cup caster sugar
- Grated zest of 1 large orange
- 1 Tbsp poppy seeds
- ½ cup fresh orange juice
- 2 eggs, room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 Tbsp icing sugar, for dusting
Method
- Preheat oven to 180ºC (356ºC). Grease a mini cake loaf pan with coconut oil or butter. Set aside.
- Melt butter first and then set aside to cool slightly.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, sugar, orange zest and poppy seeds, mix well.
- Pour in orange juice, eggs, vanilla and the melted butter.
- Whisk ingredients together until combined and smooth, do not over-mix.
- Evenly distribute batter into greased loaf pan, filling each approx. ¾ of the way up.
- Bake 15-20 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. The cakes should be set and spring back when gently pressed.
- Remove from oven and cool in pan for 10 minutes.
- Gently remove cakes by carefully running a butter knife around the edge to lift each out.
- Transfer cakes to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Dust with icing sugar to serve.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Store cakes in an airtight container, in the pantry or refrigerated, for 3-4 days.
Could you omit oj or sub soymilk ?
Hi Ana, you can’t completely omit the liquid as the cakes need this but you can most definitely sub the orange juice for your milk of choice. Hope that helps! 🙂