Ingredients:
2 cups cake flour, sifted
2 cups brown sugar
½ cup poppy seeds
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
2 large free-range eggs
1 tsp sea salt
1 cup buttermilk (or full cream milk + 15ml apple cider vinegar)
1 cup oil or melted butter
15 ml vanilla essence
1 cup boiling water
125 g fresh strawberries, washed and sliced
To Serve: Fresh cream, whipped
Method :
- Heat the oven to 180 C.
- Grease an upside-down cake pan. Place the sliced strawberries at the bottom.
- Place all of the cake ingredients together, except the warm water. Mix at medium speed then add the warm water. Continue mixing for another 2 minutes.
- Pour the cake mix carefully over the strawberries at the bottom of the pan.
- Bake for 35-45 minutes until done.
- Serve with fresh cream!
Comment recipe # 89
KEEP CALM & have some strawberry & poppyseed cake! A lovely summer cake for a warm South African Christmas celebration.
Marelie Winterbach