Best 12 Orange Poppy Seed Cake Recipes

LEVANA'S ORANGE POPPY SEED CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• To make the cake: In a large bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, salt and orange zest.
• Set aside.
• In an electric mixer, combine the eggs and sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
• Add the oil and vanilla and beat until just combined.
• Beginning and ending with the dry ingredients, add the flour mixture in thirds, alternating with the 3/4 cup orange juice.
• Mix slightly after each addition, just to incorporate.
• Add the poppy seeds and mix to incorporate the seeds into the batter.
• Pour the batter into a greased 10-inch springform pan.
• Bake for 1 hour, or until the point of a knife inserted into the center comes out clean.
• To make the syrup: While the cake is baking, place the syrup ingredients into a small saucepan and heat until thickened, about 3-4 minutes.
• When the cake is done, immediately unmold it from the springform pan.
• Prick it all over with a skewer and brush the syrup all over the top and sides of the cake while it is still hot.
• The cake will absorb all the syrup.
• Let the cake cool completely before serving.

ORANGE-POPPY SEED CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Grease and lightly flour 12-cup fluted tube cake pan, or spray with baking spray with flour.
• In large bowl, beat cake mix, 1 tablespoon orange peel, water, 1/2 cup orange juice, oil and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Stir in poppy seed. Pour into pan.
• Bake as directed on box for 12-cup fluted tube pan. Cool 15 minutes; remove from pan to cooling rack or heatproof serving plate. Cool completely, about 2 hours.
• In small bowl, mix powdered sugar, 1/4 teaspoon orange peel and 1 tablespoon orange juice. Stir in additional orange juice, 1 teaspoon at a time, until glaze is smooth and consistency of thick syrup. Spread glaze over top of cake, allowing some to drizzle down sides. Garnish with additional orange peel. Store loosely covered.

ORANGE POPPY SEED ZUCCHINI CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease an 8x12-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
• Mix flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, baking powder, cloves, nutmeg, and ginger together in a bowl.
• Beat eggs in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Beat in white sugar and brown sugar until incorporated. Mix in vegetable oil. Beat flour mixture in gradually until batter is smooth. Stir in orange zest. Fold in zucchini, dried fruit, and poppy seeds.
• Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 45 to 55 minutes. Cool in the pan, about 10 minutes.
• Mix confectioners' sugar and orange juice together in a small bowl to make glaze.
• Prick cake all over with a fork; drizzle glaze on top. Let cake cool completely before serving, about 30 minutes.

WHITE CHOCOLATE AND ORANGE POPPY SEED CAKE

Steps:

• For the cake~Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Grease and lightly flour a 13x9-inch cake or bundt pan.
• In a mixing bowl beat the butter and sugar together until fluffy.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Alternately add flour and baking soda along with the sour cream and water.
• Once combined mix on low until well blended and smooth.
• Fold in chopped chocolate, poppy seeds and orange rind.
• Pour into prepared pan and bake for 50-60 minutes.
• Once done, remove and let cool on a wire rack.
• Remove cake from pan and allow to cool completely.
• For the Glaze: Melt chocolate and orange juice together in a microwave or small saucepan.
• Stir in icing sugar and mix until smooth.
• Drizzle over cake and quickly sprinkle the top with the candied orange peel and chocolate curls.

ORANGE PUMPKIN POPPY SEED CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease and flour as 12-cup bundt pan.
• Combine cake mix, pumpkin, eggs and orange juice in a large mixer bowl.
• Beat on low speed until moistened and then beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
• Add poppy seeds and mix until blended.
• Pour into prepared bundt pan.
• Bake for 35-40 minutes or until pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes and then remove to wire rack to cool completely.
• *****FOR GLAZE****.
• Sift the powdered sugar until fine.
• Mix the powdered sugar with 2-3 tbls of orange juice in a small bowl and stir until smooth.
• Drizzle glaze over cooled cake and allow to set up before serving.

ORANGE POPPY-SEED POUND CAKE (LIGHTEN-UP RECIPE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease and flour 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/2" loaf pan.
• Combine flour, baking powder, soda and salt; reserve.
• On medium speed beat granulated sugar, oil and egg whites until blended. On low, beat in poppy seeds, 1 1/2 t zest and flour mixture.
• Beat in 3/4 c milk until smooth.
• Pour batter into pan.
• Bake 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pan; cool completely on rack.
• Whisk confectioners' sugar with remaining 2 t of milk and 1/2 t zest; pour over cake.
• Garnish with orange zest strips, if desired.

CHOCOLATE ORANGE POPPY-SEED LAYER CAKE

Steps:

• Make the filling: In a bowl, stir together the sour cream, heavy cream and the granulated sugar (first 3 ingredients), and let the mixture stand, covered with plastic wrap, at room temperature for 24 hours. In a metal bowel set over barely simmering water melt the chocolate, stirring until it is smooth and let it cool. Whisk the 8 ounces chocolate, the 2 tsp zest and the Grand Mariner into the cream mixture and chill the filling, covered, for 1 hour.
• Make the cake: Line a buttered jelly roll pan, 15 1/2 by 10 1/2 inches x 1 inch with wax paper, butter the paper, and dust the pan with flour, shaking out the excess. In a small bowel, stir together the buttermilk, the poppy seeds, and the zest and into another bowl sift together the flour, the baking soda, and the salt. In another bowl with an electric mixer cream together the butter and the sugars until the mixture is light and fluffy and beat in the egg yolks and the vanilla, beating until just combined. Add the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk mixture to the butter mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture and beating well after each addition until the batter is just combined. In another bowl with cleaned beaters beat the egg whites until they just hold stiff peaks, stir one fourth of them into the batter to lighten it, and fold in the remaining whites gently but thoroughly. Pour the batter into the prepared pan, spreading it evenly, and bake the cake in the middle of a preheated 350F oven for 20-25 minutes or until the top is golden and the cake springs back when touched lightly. Let the cake cool in the pan on a rack, invert it onto the rack and remove the wax paper carefully. With a serrated knife cut the cake crosswise into 3 equal pieces.
• Make the glaze: In a heavy saucepan melt the chocolate with the butter and the cream over low heat, stirring until the mixture is smooth, and let the glaze cools to room temperature
• Assemble the cake: On a rack set over a jelly-roll pan arrange one of the cake layers, spread it with one third of the filling, and top the filling with another cake layer. Spread the cake with half the remaining filling and top it with the remaining cake layer. Spread the remaining filling onto the top and sides of the cake and chill for 30 minutes, or until filling is set. Pour the glaze evenly over the cake, smoothing it over the sides, and chill the cake for 30 min or until the glaze is set.

PUMPKIN ORANGE POPPY SEED CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Cake: Heat oven to 350^. Grease and flour a 12 cup Bundt pan. Combine first 4 ingredients in a large mixer bowl. Beat on low until moistened. Beat on medium 2 minutes. Add poppy seeds;mix gently just until blended. Pour into prepared pan. Bake 35-40 minutes until a wooden toothpick test is taken. Cool in pan for 10 minutes; remove to wire rack to cool completely. Drizzle with glaze.

ORANGE PUMPKIN POPPY SEED CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Combine cake mix, pumpkin, eggs and orange juice. Beat on low speed of mixer until moistened. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
• 2. Add poppy seeds; mix until blended.
• 3. Pour into 2 greased and floured 9 inch layer cake pans.
• 4. Bake at 350 degrees for 28-31 minutes. Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes; remove to wire rack to cool completely.
• 5. Frost with a cream cheese icing. Can be made in a Bundt pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes. Drizzle with a cream cheese glaze.
• 6. Cream Cheese Glaze Combine all ingredients and whisk until smooth. Add more juice, as needed, until desired consistency is reached.

ORANGE POPPY SEED CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first seven ingredients; beat on low for 30 seconds. Beat on medium for 2 minutes. Coat a 10-in. fluted tube pan with cooking spray. Combine the sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle evenly in pan. Pour batter into pan. , Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Combine glaze ingredients until smooth; drizzle over cake.

ORANGE-PUMPKIN POPPY SEED CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9 inch cake pans.
• Beat the cake mix, eggs, and orange juice together in a mixing bowl on low speed until moistened. Increase speed to medium and beat in the pumpkin. Stir in the poppy seeds. Pour the batter into the prepared pans, dividing evenly.
• Bake in preheated oven until the top springs back when lightly touched, 28 to 31 minutes. Cool in pans for 10 minutes, then remove and place on wire racks to cool completely.

ORANGE POPPY SEED CAKE

Steps:

• Grease 12 cup bundt pan. Preheat oven to 350 F. COmbine dry ingredients in a bowl. In the large bowl of an electric mixer cream sugar and oil. Add eggs one at a time, mixing after each addition. Add vanilla and almond extracts. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk. Batter will be very loose. Puor into prepared pan. Bake for 1 hour 15 minutes, until tester comes out clean. Cool in pan until just warm. While cake cools, make the glaze. Brush over warm cake just after removing from pan.