PureSpelt Poppy Cake
Preparation time: approx. 30 minutes
Baking or cooking time: approx. 55 minutes
For one 28-30 cm oblong cake tin
Dough
150 g of butter, soft
150 g of sugar
4 egg yolks
1 tablespoon of cherry or orange juice
200 g of marzipan, finely diced
150 g of poppy seeds; roasted, cooled and ground
4 egg whites
1 pinch of salt
1 tablespoon of sugar
100 g of PureSpelt, semi-white or white flour
1 tablespoon of cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
Decoration
1 tablespoon of cocao powder
A few poppy seeds
1
To make the dough, stir the butter until it forms small peaks. Add the sugar and the egg yolks and continue stirring until the mixture turns light in color. Add the cherry or orange juice and the marzipan and stir in well. Add the ground poppy seeds. Beat the egg whites together with the salt until thes are stiff. Add the sugar and continue beating until the mixture shines. Mix together the PureSpelt flour, cocoa and baking powder, sift and carefully fold into the dough together with the beaten egg white. Pour the dough into the baking paper lined cake tin and smooth down.
2
Baking: Bake the cake for 50-55 minutes in the lower half of an oven preheated to 180°C. Remove the cake from the oven and allow it to cool on a cake rack. Decorate with cocoa powder and poppy seeds prior to serving.
What else you need:
Baking paper to line the cake tin
Source:
IG Dinkel, Judith Gmür-Stalder