Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Soaked Orange Poppy Seed Cake

3/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
1/3 cup poppy seeds
1 cup flour
1 cup spelt flour
1/2 cup almond meal
1 cup yoghourt
200g butter
1/2 cup sugar
rind from 1 orange
3 eggs
1/2 teaspoon baking soda

Juice oranges, and place orange juice in large bowl.

Pour in almond meal and poppy seeds and half the flour, top with a layer of yoghourt, another layer of flour and remaining yoghourt. Mix together and leave to sit overnight.

Grease a loaf tin, set oven to 150celsius.

Beat butter, sugar and rind, until fluffy. Add eggs beat well whilst adding dollops of the preprepared mixture. Mix all the remaining mixture with baking soda.

Pour mixture into tin, and bake for 1 hr 20mins.

Remove from oven and allow to cool in tin before removing.

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