Poppy seed cake with vanilla custard
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- Number of Servings: 12
Ingredients
Dough:150 ml grape seeds oil1 cup white granulated sugar2 eggs2.5 cup all purpose flour 1.5 cup milk75 g ground poppy2 teaspoons baking sodaFilling:2 egg yolks150 ml milk100 g white powdered sugar3-4 tablespoons flour 1 vanilla pod300 g mascarponeGarnish:3-4 tablespoons not ground blue poppy seedsMarzipan 50-70 gRed food coloring in a tube
Dough :
1. Mix the oil with sugar
2. Stir in yolks
3. Add milk
4. Stir in sifted dry ingredients
5. Add ground poppy seeds, if the dough is thick, pour a little milk
6. Whisk the egg whites and slowly stir in rigid foam
7. Divide in half and pour into 2 greased and floured round cake molds
8. Place into the pre-heated oven. Bake at 180 °C for 20 minutes, then at 160 °C for 10-15 minutes.
Vanilla custard:
9. Mix the milk with sugar, lightly boil, stirring to dissolve sugar
10. Beat yolks in a bowl, then pour the milk with constant whipping.
11. Cook over medium heat 70 to 75 °C with stirring until the mixture thickens. If the mixture is not thick, stir in flour. Thickening may take about 10 minutes. Cool to room temperature.
12. Beat mascarpone and gradually add the pudding, whisking all the time. Add the vanilla extract and mix.
13. Apply a cream on the first baked dough. If the second dough is higher than the first, cut it also in half. Spread the cream on the other baked dough. Cover with the third dough and spread the cream over all cake.
14. Garnish with poppy flowers from marzipan
Marzipan poppy flowers :
1. Model the marzipan slices, join 6 petals per flower. Reinforce the reverse of flowers with marzipan. Paint flowers with edible red.
2. Place a marzipan bullet coated in poppy seeds in the center of a flower. Garnish the cake with 3 flowers, or according to your taste.
Serving Size: 12 3 inch pieces
1. Mix the oil with sugar
2. Stir in yolks
3. Add milk
4. Stir in sifted dry ingredients
5. Add ground poppy seeds, if the dough is thick, pour a little milk
6. Whisk the egg whites and slowly stir in rigid foam
7. Divide in half and pour into 2 greased and floured round cake molds
8. Place into the pre-heated oven. Bake at 180 °C for 20 minutes, then at 160 °C for 10-15 minutes.
Vanilla custard:
9. Mix the milk with sugar, lightly boil, stirring to dissolve sugar
10. Beat yolks in a bowl, then pour the milk with constant whipping.
11. Cook over medium heat 70 to 75 °C with stirring until the mixture thickens. If the mixture is not thick, stir in flour. Thickening may take about 10 minutes. Cool to room temperature.
12. Beat mascarpone and gradually add the pudding, whisking all the time. Add the vanilla extract and mix.
13. Apply a cream on the first baked dough. If the second dough is higher than the first, cut it also in half. Spread the cream on the other baked dough. Cover with the third dough and spread the cream over all cake.
14. Garnish with poppy flowers from marzipan
Marzipan poppy flowers :
1. Model the marzipan slices, join 6 petals per flower. Reinforce the reverse of flowers with marzipan. Paint flowers with edible red.
2. Place a marzipan bullet coated in poppy seeds in the center of a flower. Garnish the cake with 3 flowers, or according to your taste.
Serving Size: 12 3 inch pieces
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 529.0
- Total Fat: 31.0 g
- Cholesterol: 61.7 mg
- Sodium: 247.4 mg
- Total Carbs: 55.2 g
- Dietary Fiber: 1.9 g
- Protein: 9.6 g
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