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Orange Poppy Seed Cake
Ingredients
- 220 grams soft butter
- 300 grams sugar
- grated zest of 4 oranges
- 4 eggs
- 350 grams flour
- 1 packet baking powder
- pinch salt
- 100 ml orange juice
- 1 container ashel (sour cream)
- 100 grams fresh ground poppy seeds
- 4 tablespoons orange juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 100 grams powdered sugar
Preparation
Cream the soft butter, sugar and grated orange zest until smooth.Add the eggs one at a time and beat until the mixture is light and fluffy.
In a dry bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder and salt.
Gradually add the flour mixture to the egg mixture, beating on low speed.
Add the orange juice and the yogurt to the bowl.
Beat on slow speed until the batter is uniform and smooth.
Add the whole poppy seeds and mix with a spatula or spoon.
Pour into greased pans.
Bake at 170°C for 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out dry.
Remove and cool at room temperature for at least an hour.
Prepare the glaze: in a small bowl, mix 3 tablespoons of orange juice, 1 teaspoon of lemon juice and the powdered sugar until a smooth cream forms.
Spread the glaze over the cake with a teaspoon.
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Measurement converter
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Ingredient |
Cup |
Tablespoon |
Teaspoon |
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Powdered sugar |
120 g |
8 g |
3 g |
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Chopped nuts |
100 g |
6 g |
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Finely ground nuts |
85 g |
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Rice |
200 g |
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Honey |
360 g |
22 g |
7 g |
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Butter Melted butter |
240 g |
15 g 14 g |
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Peanut butter |
250 g |
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Raw tahini |
240 g |
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Salt |
250 g |
20 g |
6 g |
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Maple syrup |
240 g |
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Liquids Water, orange juice, milk |
240 g 240 ml |
15 g 15 ml |
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Nutella |
280 g |
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White sugar |
200 g |
12 g |
4 g |
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Packed brown sugar |
240 g |
15 g |
5 g |
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Semolina |
200 g |
10 g |
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Can of condensed milk |
398 g |
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Can of coconut milk |
400 g |
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Cookie crumbs |
110 g |
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Dry breadcrumbs |
125 g |
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Chopped dried fruit |
150 g |
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Ground poppy seeds |
70 g |
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Coconut |
100 g |
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Cornstarch |
140 g |
10 g |
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White flour |
140 g |
10 g |
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Whole wheat flour |
125 g |
8 g |
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Cocoa |
140 g |
10 g |
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Jam |
330 g |
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Dulce de leche |
400 g |
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Chocolate chips |
200 g |
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Oats |
100 g |
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Oil |
200 g |
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Coconut oil solid melted |
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14 g 14 g |
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Oven temperatures Description |
Gas mark |
Celsius |
Fahrenheit |
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Very low heat |
105 |
220 |
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120 |
250 |
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Low heat |
1 |
135 |
275 |
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2 |
150 |
300 |
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Medium-low |
3 |
160 |
320 |
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Medium |
3 |
170 |
340 |
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Medium |
4 |
180 |
355 |
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5 |
190 |
375 |
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Medium-high |
6 |
200 |
390 |
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High |
7 |
220 |
430 |
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8 |
230 |
445 |
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Very high |
9 |
245 |
475 |
50 g fresh yeast (a "Shimrit" packet / cube) = 2 tablespoons dry
yeast. 1 tablespoon dry yeast = 10 g
To replace dry yeast with fresh yeast, multiply the amount by 3
1 g dry yeast = 3 g fresh yeast
Packet = 10 g
Tablespoon = 8 g
Teaspoon = 3 g
Gelatin packet = 14 g
Tablespoon of gelatin = 10 g
One gelatin sheet = 4 g
Gelatin packet = 3½ gelatin sheets
To dissolve 1 g of gelatin use 5 g
Egg size 1 (L) – 65 g and over
Egg size 2 (M) – 55-60 g
Egg size 3 (S) – 50 g
Egg white – 40 g on average
Egg yolk – 20 g on average
The oil should weigh 85% of the butter's weight
100 g butter = 85 g oil
200 g butter = 170 g oil
1 cup oil = 200 g
100 ml oil = 90 g
100 g butter = 100 g applesauce
100 ml oil = 100 ml applesauce
Replacing eggs with applesauce
1 egg = 60 g applesauce
Butter stick = 120 g, ½ cup
8 oz = 1 cup = 240 ml = 16 tablespoons
4 oz = ½ cup = 120 ml = 8 tablespoons.
2 oz = ¼ cup = 60 ml = 4 tablespoons.
1 oz = 2 tablespoons = 30 ml = ⅛ cup.
½ oz = 1 tablespoon = 15 ml = 3 teaspoons.
0.16 oz = 1 teaspoon = 5 ml = ⅓ tablespoon
1 pint = 480 ml = 2 cups.
1 quart = 960 ml = 4 cups.
A small package weighs 350 g
1 cup self-rising flour = 1 cup plain flour + 1 teaspoon baking powder
1 kg self-rising flour = 1 kg plain flour + 2 packets of baking powder