Poppyseed Cake with Orange Glaze is a one bowl cake; except for the glaze. Pour all the ingredients into the bowl of your electric mixer or just a mixing bowl and either turn on the mixer or stir vigorously by hand. Spraying the Bundt pan with a spray mixed with flour is a must. It’s much easier then greasing the pan and then trying to shake flour around it evenly. The goal is to be able to flip the baked Poppyseed Cake out of the pan and retain its curves and shape.
Poppyseed Cake with Orange Glaze has become my daughter in law’s favorite cake. I think that’s because she loves the sweet glaze dripping all over it. If you just mix the confectioners sugar with water, you’ll have a white glaze. Mixing it with orange juice gives the cake an extra flavor but isn’t as stark white in color. Either way, the glaze seeps into the cake and keeps it moist until it’s finished. I promise you that this big cake will be gone in a flash. It’s that good. I usually use it as a breakfast/brunch cake. This cake is dairy-free; but if you’re having a dairy meal, adding a scoop of vanilla ice cream doesn’t hurt it at all.
For another dairy-free cake that can be made in one bowl and everybody loves is Blueberry Crumb Cake. A scoop of ice cream doesn’t hurt that one either.
Poppy Seed Cake with Orange Glaze
By Published: December 18, 2013
Yield:
- 16 Servings
Cook time:
- 1 hr 15 mins
Ingredients
- 3 1/3 Cups Flour
- 2 1/2 Cups Sugar
- 1 1/4 Teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1 2/3 Cup Non-Dairy Soy Milk/water Note: Milk can be used instead of soy milk for a dairy cake.
- 3 Large Eggs
- 1 2/3 Cups Vegetable Oil
- 2 Tablespoons Poppy Seeds
- Non-dairy Baking Spray
- 1/2 Cup Confectioner's Sugar For Glaze
- 2 Tablespoons Orange Juice For Glaze
Equipment
- Electric Blender
- 12
- Cooling Rack
- cake tester
Directions
- Lightly coat Bundt pan with baking spray mixed with flour. Set aside.
- Preheat oven to: 350 F.
- Place flour, sugar, salt and baking powder in bowl of blender. Mix on slow speed for one minute. Make a well in the center and add: oil, eggs, vanilla, soy milk and poppy seeds. Mix well on slow speed. Increase speed as ingredients begins to blend. When batter has formed, spoon it into tube pan. Bake 60-75 minutes or until cake tester inserted comes out clean.
- Prepare glaze while cake is baking. Pour confectioner’s sugar into small bowl. Add orange juice and stir until well blended. Set aside.
- Remove cake from oven when it is done. Make many holes in the cake with the cake tester. Spoon glaze over the entire cake. Allow cake to cool in pan on a rack. Run a long spatula around the outside edge of cake before inverting cake onto rack. Cool completely before serving.
