Best Sour Cream Poppy Seed Cake Recipes

UKRAINIAN SOUR CREAM POPPY SEED CAKE

Steps:

• Pour boiling water over the poppy seeds in a bowl and drain well over a fine sieve. If necessary, repeat this washing. Spread the poppy seeds on a tea towel or brown paper and let dry overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 9-inch pans and line bottoms with parchment paper.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, beat the eggs and 1 1/2 cups sugar until thick and lemon colored. Beat in the sour cream and vanilla. Sift the flour mixture, and gently fold it into the egg mixture, along with the poppy seeds. Pour batter into prepared pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
• To make the Lemon Filling: In a saucepan, mix together 1/2 cup sugar, cornstarch and pinch of salt. Stir in lemon zest, lemon juice, water, orange juice and butter. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens. Place egg yolks in a medium bowl. Slowly whisk 1/2 cup of hot mixture into egg yolks. Slowly pour the egg yolk mixture back to remaining hot mixture, whisking constantly. Cook, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes, or until thickened.

LEMON GLAZED SOUR CREAM POPPY SEED POUND CAKE

Steps:

• 1. PREHEAT OVEN TO 325 DEGREES F. Spray bundt pan with non stick cooking spray or butter a 12 cup bundt pan and flour well, then set aside till needed. In a large bowl cream together the softened butter, with the sour cream, until pale yellow. Gradually add the sugar a little at a time, and continue to beat until well blended, and mixture is no longer grainy.About 5 minutes.
• 2. Then slowly add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Then add the lemon extract, lemon zest, and yellow food color if desired. Beat to mix.
• 3. In a medium bowl add the 3 cups flour, poppy seed,& gelatin stir to mix.Then alternately add the flour mixture to the creamed butter mixture a little at a time. Beating well after each addition for a total of about 8 to 10 minutes.
• 4. Pour into prepared pan, and smooth top of cake with back of spatula or spoon. Then place in preheated 325 degree oven and bake for 1 1/2 hours or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 5. TO PREPARE GLAZE: In a medium size sauce pan add the sugar lemon juice, stick of butter, and cook on low heat, stirring until butter is melted, and mixture begins to boil around edges. Stir until sugar is no longer grainy and mixture becomes thick and syrupy about 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. Remove from heat and add lemon zest if using.
• 6. With long tined fork or wooden skewer poke holes in cake, and slowly add half of glaze over top of cake with a spoon, allowing glaze to slowly soak into cake. Allow to rest for about 5 minutes or so, and then invert cake onto a large platter or plate. Poke holes in other side and repeat with remaining glaze. Allow cake to cool completely before slicing to serve.

SOUR CREAM POPPY SEED CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan.
• In a large bowl, stir together cake mix and pudding mix. Make a well in the center and pour in oil, eggs, sour cream and juice. Beat on low speed until blended. Scrape bowl, and beat 2 minutes on medium speed. Stir in the poppy seeds.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool 15 minutes in the pan. Remove from pan, then sprinkle with confectioners' sugar before serving.

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.

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 - LEMON FILLED - UKRAINIAN POPPY SEED CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare popy seeds: Pour boiling water over the poppy seeds and drain well over a fine sieve. If necessary, repeat this washing. Spread the poppy seeds on a tea towel or brown paper and let dry overnight. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter 2 (9 inch) pans, and line bottoms with parchment paper. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Set aside. In a large bowl, beat the eggs and 1 1/2 cups sugar until thick and lemon colored. Beat in the sour cream and vanilla. Sift the flour mixture, and gently fold it into the egg mixture, along with the poppy seeds. Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake in the preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely. Lemon Filling: In a saucepan mix together 1/2 cup sugar, cornstarch and pinch of salt. Stir in lemon zest, lemon juice, water, orange juice and butter. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens. Place egg yolks in a medium bowl. Slowly whisk 1/2 cup of hot mixture into egg yolks. Slowly pour the egg yolk mixture back to remaining milk mixture, whisking constantly. Cook, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes, or until thickened.

SOUR CREAM POPPY SEED CAKE

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
• In a large bowl combine the cake mix with pudding mix.
• Add in oil, eggs, sour cream and orange juice; beat on low speed until blended.
• Increase to medium speed and continue beating for another 2 minutes.
• Mix in orange zest and poppy seeds.
• Pour the batter into prepared pan.
• Bake for about 50 minutes or until the cake test done.
• Cool in pan for 15 minutes.
• Remove from pan and cool completely.
• Sprinkle with confectioners sugar if desired before serving.

POPPY SEED SOUR CREAM CAKE

Steps:

• Cut a piece of wax paper to fit the bottom of a 10" tube or bundt pan. In a large bowl, combine flour. salt, and poppy seeds. in another bowl, combine butter and 1 cup sugar, beat until light. Add egg yolks and beat well. mix in baking soda, sour cream and vanilla alternately with the flour and poppy seeds. Beat egg whites tyill stiff, mix in the remaining sugar. Fold white mixture into batter. pour batter into pan. Bake 250 for 1 hour or more.