Ukrainian Sour Cream Poppy Seed Cake Recipes

UKRAINIAN POPPY SEED CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 F.
• Grease a 10-inch tube-type pan and dust the pan with flour.
• In a small bowl, combine the poppy seeds and milk.
• cover and refrigerate overnight.
• In a large bowl, cream the butter, lemon zest, and sugar until creamy.
• Add the egg whites and beat at high speed with an electric mixer until the mixture is light and fluffy.
• Place the cake flour, baking powder, and salt into a sieve and set it over the bowl.
• With a spoon, stir the mixture until it is sifted into the creamed mixture.
• Add the poppy seed-milk mixture and with an electric mixer at MEDIUM speed beat until the batter is light and fluffy, scraping the sides of the bowl often.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 45 to 55 minutes or until a wooden skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
• Let the cake cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then invert it out onto a wire rack to finish cooling.
• TO MAKE THE GLAZE: In a small bowl, stir together the confectioners' sugar, butter, and lemon juice.
• Drizzle the icing over the cake.
• Makes about 10 servings.

UKRANIAN POPPY SEED CAKE

Steps:

• Heat poppyseeds and milk in a small saucepan over medium heat. Remove from heat just before milk begins to boil. Let stand until milk reaches room temperature.
• Preheat over to 350 degrees.
• Cream together the butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Sift together the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder and salt).
• AIn thirds, alternately beat into the butter and sugar the dry ingredients and milk. Add the vanilla and lemon zest at the end.
• Lightly butter 2 loaf pans and split batter between pans. Bake 40-50 minutes until a toothpick or knife inserted comes out clean.

SOUR CREAM-POPPY SEED CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Beat all ingredients except poppy seed in large bowl with mixer on low speed just until moistened, stopping frequently to scrape side of bowl. Beat on medium speed 2 min. Stir in poppy seed.
• Pour into greased and floured 12-cup fluted tube pan or 10-inch tube pan.
• Bake 50 to 55 min. or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan 10 min.; loosen cake from side of pan. Gently remove cake from pan; cool completely on wire rack.

SOUR CREAM POPPY SEED CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Prepare desired pan (s)-two 8" layer pans or a 13 x 9 x 2" sheet pan or an 8" ring pan by buttering well and dusting lightly with flour.
• Cream butter and sugar.
• Beat in egg yolks thoroughly.
• Add vanilla.
• Sift together flour, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl.
• Alternately add dry ingredients and sour cream to the butter mixture, mixing well after each addition.
• Keep mixing until very smooth.
• Stir in poppy seeds until evenly distributed.
• By hand, using a spatula, fold in stiffly beaten egg whites, carefully incorporating them into the batter.
• Pour into prepared pan (s).
• Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes for layers, 35-40 minutes for sheet, 50-55 minutes for ring.
• Watch carefully.
• Cake should pull from sides of pan, and a toothpick should come out clean from the center.
• Cool for 5 minutes in pan, then turn and release onto rack, cooling completely before finishing.
• For Icing: Soften butter and cream cheese at room temperature for a few hours.
• Beat cream cheese and butter together with an electric mixer until they are completely incorporated and the mixture is very light and creamy.
• Mix in sifted powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Chill icing in a bowl covered with plastic wrap for about 1 hour before spreading.