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Poppy Seed Gugelhupf Recipe


Poppy Seed Gugelhupf Recipe
This is very similar to a relatives recipe. This one is not yeast based. Use a turban shaped or gugelhopf pan for baking Very aromatic cake, with poppy seeds and golden rum. Use fresh ground poppy seeds if possible by Olga Drozd from Recipezaar ... More

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Ingredients
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, at cool room temperature
  • 1 cup confectioners' or powdered sugar
  • 4 large eggs, at room temperature
  • 1 grated lemon, zest of
  • 2 cups cake flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 3/4 cup poppy seed, ground
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 2 tablespoons golden rum
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions
  1. Position a rack in the center of the oven and heat to 350°F
  2. Using a cylinder shaped pastry brush, butter the inside of a 9 to 9 1/2 inch Gugelhupf mold or fluted cake pan.
  3. Coat with flour, tapping out the excess.
  4. Beat the butter in a medium bowl using a handheld electric mixer on high speed until smooth, about 1 minute.
  5. On low speed, beat in the confectioners’ sugar.
  6. Return the speed to high and beat until the mixture is very pale and light in texture, about 3 minutes.
  7. One at a time, beat in the eggs, then the lemon zest.
  8. Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt together into a bowl, and stir in the ground poppy seeds.
  9. Mix the milk, rum, and vanilla in a glass measuring cup.
  10. Stir in half of the flour, then half of the milk, then repeat.
  11. Spread evenly in the pan.
  12. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes.
  13. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Invert onto the rack to unmold and cool completely.
  14. MAKE AHEAD: The cake is best the day it is made.
  15. Cover leftovers tightly in plastic wrap and store at room temperature.
  16. To refresh, heat slices in a toaster oven.

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Nice recipe thanks


Sounds so different and yummy! Love the poppy seeds and rum here. This should turn out amazing!


The cake sounds wonderful! I love the combination of the ground poppy seeds and lemon zest. Thank you for sharing :) ^5


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