Orange and poppyseed bundt cake

Orange and Poppyseed Bundt Cake

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What better to do on a rainy day than to bake (and subsequently eat) a delicious orange and poppyseed bundt cake!!

“What is a bundt cake,” you ask?  A bundt cake is made in a bundt (or kugelhopf) pan, and has a big hole in the middle, which means you can make a super delicious cake without the middle being undercooked.

I’ll never make a regular cake again!!  After making this chocolate espresso funfetti bundt cake, and now this delight, Im a bundt cake nut!!

This was delicious and easy to make…and yes, if anyone is wondering, that is a lemon lurking in the background, but it was purely for decorative purposes….I just ran out of oranges!!

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I used this recipe.

Ingredients:

  • Melted butter, to grease
  • 125ml (1/2 cup) fresh orange juice
  • 130g (1/2 cup) Greek-style natural yoghurt
  • 60g (1/4 cup) poppy seeds
  • 250g butter, at room temperature, chopped
  • 270g (1 1/4 cups) caster sugar
  • 2 tablespoons finely grated orange rind
  • 4 eggs
  • 340g (2 1/4 cups) plain flour
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 orange
  • 150g (1 cup) pure icing sugar
  • 1 tablespoon fresh orange juice, extra

Method:

  1. Preheat oven to 160°C. Brush a 25cm (top measurement) kugelhopf pan with melted butter to lightly grease. Combine the orange juice, yoghurt and poppy seeds in a small bowl.

  2. Use an electric beater to beat the butter, caster sugar and orange rind in a large bowl until pale and creamy. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition until just combined.

  3. Sift the flour and baking powder over the egg mixture. Add the yoghurt mixture and use a large metal spoon to fold until just combined. Spoon mixture into the prepared pan and smooth the surface. Bake in oven for 1 hour or until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean. Set aside for 5 minutes to cool slightly. Turn onto a wire rack to cool completely.

  4. Use a zester to remove the rind from the orange. (Alternatively, use a vegetable peeler to peel rind from the orange. Use a small sharp knife to remove white pith from the rind. Cut rind into thin strips.) Combine the icing sugar and extra orange juice in a bowl until smooth. Pour over the cake and sprinkle with the orange rind. Set aside for 20 minutes or until the icing is set.orangepoppyseedbundt3

Pure bundt deliciousness!!  Now I just need (another) coffee to have with this and my day will be complete!!

Chocolate Bundt Cake

Chocolate Espresso Funfetti Bundt Cake

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Nothing spells fun like sprinkles!!  Today I purchased a Bundt cake pan….which is basically a regular cake pan, with some cool shapes in it, and a hole in the middle!!!  Best $20 I ever spent… this cake is the bomb!! It’s Lachy’s birthday, so chocolate cake was called for!!  This cake was so good that I’m currently trying to find people to visit and eat it, so that we don’t eat the whole thing!!

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I used this recipe from Joy the Baker – but made a couple of small tweaks…I made a simpler ganache (because I was too lazy to add additional ingredients), and brushed the cake with a wash of orange juice and castor sugar before icing, for added moisture!!

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cups plus 1 Tablespoon brewed coffee
  • 3/4 cup Dutch cocoa powder
  • 2 1/4 cups sugar
  • 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 2 whole eggs
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 1/4 cups plus 1 Tablespoon buttermilk
  • 1 cup plus 2 Tablespoon canola oil
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 1/2 cups, plus 2 Tablespoons all-purpose flour, sifted

For the Ganache:

  •  1 pack dark chocolate melts
  • 1/2 cup of thickened cream

Method:

  •  Preheat oven to 180 degrees celcius
  • Grease a 10 inch Bundt Cake Pan
  • To make the cake batter:  Put brewed coffee and cocoa powder in a small saucepan and bring to a boil, whisking frequently.  Remove from the heat and let come to room temperature.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer fit with a whisk attachment, mix together sugar, salt, baking soda, eggs and egg yolk on low speed for about 1 minute.
  • Add the buttermilk, oil and vanilla extract and mix on low again for another minute.
  • Add the flour and mix on medium speed for 2 minutes.
  • Add the cooled cocoa mixture and mix on medium speed for 3 minutes.
  • The batter will be very loose (it’s super liquidy, but don’t worry, it will work!!).  Pour into the prepared cake pan and bake for 1 hour, or until a cake tester inserted in the cake comes out clean.
  • Let the cake cool completely in the pan and then invert onto a cooling rack.
  • Make the ganache, by placing your chocolate and cream into a heat proof bowl.  Place the heat proof bowl above a simmering saucepan of water, making sure your bowl does not touch the water!!  Stir regularly, until mixture is runny and glossy.  Ice cake quickly before your ganache goes hard!!

Add sprinkles!!

Dash loves cake

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lachy loves cake

This made a great birthday cake for Lachy…and was enjoyed by all…especially Dash, who has now learned how to ask for “more cake!”

The texture of this cake is amazing…this is my new favourite chocolate cake…and the coffee flavour makes it even better. Have you made a bundt cake before?  I can’t wait to make some other delicious bundt cake flavours!!