Orange and Poppy Seed cake

Orange Poppy Seed Cake is soft, tender, and topped with cream cheese frosting. This cake is easy to make and perfect for any occasion!

This citrus delight will make you fall in love. This is a simple Orange and Poppy Seed Cake, which takes just minutes to make.

Topped with orange cream cheese frosting. Perfection!

How do you make poppy seed and orange cake?

This cake is very easy to make. You will only need a spoon and a bowl. No electric mixer.
Measure your dry ingredients. In this example, you will need to measure plain flour, baking powder, and caster sugar. You can substitute granulated sugar for caster sugar.
Next, add the poppy seeds and orange zest.
Next, add the orange Juice, eggs and oil. Finally, combine the vanilla with the oil. You could also use a light olive or grape seed oil.
For maximum flavour, I recommend using fresh orange Juice with zest as per the recipe.
Greek yogurt and milk are the final ingredients. Greek yogurt gives your cake a light, tender crumb. Sour cream can be used in place of Greek yogurt.
Mix everything until well combined. Pour into a baking pan lined with parchment or baking paper.
Don’t overbake this cake. Start checking the bread at 35 minutes. If the centre of the cake comes out clean, insert a knife or other skewer.

To make this frosting, you will need either a stand or a hand mixer. Use a full-fat block of cream cheese, not the spreadable or light version.
Make sure your butter and cream cheese are at room temperature for a creamy frosting.
After you have combined the butter and cream cheese, you will need to add 3 cups of Icing Sugar.
We add a teaspoon of fresh orange Juice to milk or cream instead of adding it. This is just to give the orange flavour a boost.

Poppy seed cake

Orange cream cheese frosting