Name: Orange Poppy Seed Pound Cake Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1½ cups whole wheat pastry flour; ⅓ cup poppy seeds; 2 tsp baking powder; ¼ tsp fine grain sea salt; 1 medium organic orange; 1 cup sugar; ¾ cup plain whole-milk yogurt; 3 eggs; ½ tsp pure vanilla extract; ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil

How To Make Orange Poppy Seed Pound Cake

Serve up this mouthwatering pound cake recipe for brunch today! It’s got a tangy taste from the oranges and added texture from the poppy seeds.

Preparation: 20 minutes

Cooking: 50 minutes

Total: 1 hour 10 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

1½cups whole wheat pastry flouror white whole wheat flour or regular whole wheat flour
⅓cuppoppy seeds
2tspbaking powder
¼tspfine grain sea salt
1 medium organic orangeto yield about 2 teaspoons zest and ¼ cup juice
1cupsugar
¾cupplain whole-milk yogurt
3eggs
½tsppure vanilla extract
½cupextra-virgin olive oil

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Generously butter a 8 ½ x 4 ¼ x 2 ½-inch loaf pan.
In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, poppy seeds, baking powder, and salt.
Pour the sugar into a medium-sized mixing bowl.
Grate all the zest from the orange. Rub the zest into the sugar until the sugar is orange and fragrant.
Slice the orange in half for juicing. In a liquid measuring cup, measure out ¾ cup yogurt and squeeze in about ¼ cup orange juice to yield 1 cup total liquid.
Whisk the yogurt and orange juice, eggs and vanilla into the sugar mixture.
When the mixture is well blended, gently whisk in the dry ingredients, just until incorporated.
Switch to a spatula and fold in the oil until incorporated.
Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and smooth the top.
Bake the cake for 50 to 55 minutes, or until the top is golden and the sides start to pull away from the sides of the pan. A toothpick inserted into the center should come out clean.
Let the cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then run a knife between the cake and the sides of the pan to loosen.
Unmold the cake by placing a large plate upside down over the loaf pan and carefully turning it over.
Let the cake cool to room temperature right-side up.
Serve, and enjoy!