Poppy Seed Cake with Orange Glaze
Ingredients
- 2 3/4 cups sugar
- 1 1/2 cup milk
- 1 cup corn oil
- 3 large eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 3 cups flour, all-purpose
- 2 tablespoons poppy seeds
- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
Instructions
Grease and flour a 12 cup bundt pan. In large bowl or mixer, combine sugar, corn oil, eggs, vanilla and almond extract. Blend. Combine and sift flour, poppy seeds, baking powder and salt into separate bowl. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk into large mixing bowl containing sugar mixture, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Blend. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake at 350 for 45 to 50 minutes. Place pan on rack to cool for 10 minutes. Prepare glaze while cake is cooling. Whisk powdered sugar, orange juice and almond extract together. Turn out cake onto rack. Spoon glaze over warm cake and allow cake to cool before slicing. By the way, this glazing is quite liquid and sort of saturates the outer layer of the cake. This makes a good "tea" cake or a nice, light dessert that clears the palate.
