Orange Poppy Seed Cake

Ingredients

280 g flour

2 tsp baking powder

0.50 tsp salt

2 tbsp poppy seeds

170 g butter

300 g sugar

1.50 tbsp orange zest (1-2 oranges)

3 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

180 ml milk

60 ml orange juice (about 1 orange)

Mascarpone Buttercream

340 g butter

225 g mascarpone cheese

500 g powereder sugar

1 tsp vanilla

Directions

Preheat the oven to 175°C and prepare two cake tins by lining them with parchment (or greasing and flouring well if you prefer).

Make the cake: Cream together room temperature butter, sugar and orange zest until pale and fluffy then add vanilla, and eggs one at a time, mixing until incorporated.

Add to the creamed mixture the flour, baking powder, poppy seeds, milk, orange juice, and salt and mix well until all of the ingredients form a batter.

Bake for 25-30 mins until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out mostly clean. Allow to cool completely before frosting.

Make the frosting: Beat butter until smooth then slowly add the powdered sugar, vanilla, and mascarpone cheese until just combined.

Assemble cake as desired.

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