Name: Poppyseed & honey cake
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Cuts into 8-10 slices
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 140g self-raising flour plus extra for dusting; 100g golden caster sugar plus extra for dusting; 175g butter softened; 85g clear honey - try acacia for a delicate flavour; 3 medium eggs; 25g cornflour; 2 tbsp poppy seeds; 100g icing sugar; 1½-2 tbsp sieved strawberry purée (made by crushing and sieving a handful of strawberries)

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Poppyseed & honey cake

Poppyseed & honey cake

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Cuts into 8-10 slices

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Prep: 25 mins

Cook: 35 mins

Ready in about 1 hr, plus cooling

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A deliciously moist cake with a tangy strawberry-flavoured icing

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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140g self-raising flour

plus extra for dusting
100g golden caster sugar

plus extra for dusting
175g butter

softened
85g clear honey

- try acacia for a delicate flavour
3 medium eggs
25g cornflour
2 tbsp poppy seeds

For the icing

100g icing sugar
1½-2 tbsp sieved strawberry

purée (made by crushing and sieving a handful of strawberries)

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Nutrition: per slice (of 10)

kcal315
fat18g
saturates10g
carbs40g
sugars25g
fibre1g
protein4g
salt0.5g

low

Method

step 1

Heat the oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas 3. Butter a 1.3 litre capacity ring tin (approx 20cm diameter) and dust the buttered surface with 1 tbsp each plain flour and caster sugar, then tap out the excess.
step 2

Beat the butter, sugar and honey with a hand-held electric whisk, until pale and fluffy with a dropping consistency. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Mix the flour, cornflour and poppyseeds and fold into the creamed mixture.
step 3

Spoon into the prepared tin and level the surface. Bake for about 35 mins until risen and firm to the touch. Leave to cool slightly in the tin then carefully remove, easing the sides with a palette knife. Cool on a wire rack.
step 4

For the icing, mix both ingredients together then drizzle over the cake while it’s still on the rack and leave to set. Transfer to a plate to serve. Will keep in an airtight container in a cool place for up to 5 days.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, October 2004

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