Poppy Seed-Lime-Ring Cake

Submitted by Lalaloula

"This is a very refreshing recipe, which I came across in a family baking book. It's great for birthday cakes or, baked in smaller tins, for a picnic."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 20mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 1 big cake (2 1/2 l)

ingredients

• 250 g butter, plus some
• butter, for greasing the tin
• 150 g sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 400 g flour
• 1 (15 g) packet baking powder
• 100 g whipping cream
• 250 g poppy seed baking mix
• 4 eggs
• 2 limes (organic!)

directions

1. Cream butter, sugar, eggs and salt.
2. Mix flour and baking powder and add to butter mixture together with cream.
3. Half the dough. Add lime juice and zest to one half and the poppy seed baking mix to the other.
4. Fill the poppy seed dough into a greased ring cake tin first and then add the lime dough. Mottle using a fork.
5. Bake in the pre-heated oven at 175°C on the bottommost rack for about 50 minutes.
6. If desired spread the cooled cake with some melted lime-chocolate or plain sugar icing.