Master class – bake a Lenten poppy seed cake with your own hands

February 4, 2018 handmadebase

Lenten baked goods are an essential delicacyDuring Lent. Many people claim that during Lent food is less varied. However, this is not true, even during church fasts each of us can easily treat ourselves to a very tasty dessert. One of these is poppy seed cake. Lenten baking does not imply adding eggs, milk, butter to the dough. On the other hand, without these components, baking is easier for the human digestive system, which does not complicate its work and allows better absorption of food. To diversify the taste of the cake, it is customary to add a variety of dried fruits to it, in particular, prunes, dried apricots, dried cherries, papaya, dried grapes and bananas, and all types of nuts. Ingredients:

Poppy seeds - 100 g.
Sugar - 150 g.
Flour - 1 cup.
Semolina - 1 cup
Baking powder – 2 tsp
Fruit compote - 0.5 cups.
Vegetable oil - 0.5 cups
Papaya – 3 tbsp.
Warm water – 200 ml.
Vanilla essence – 3 drops.
Salt - a pinch

First, pour the poppy seeds into a deep plate and soak it in warm water for 10-15 minutes.Turn on the oven and heat to 200degrees. Throw the poppy seeds into a fine mesh to drain all the water. Pour all the sugar into the poppy seeds and crush them with a pestle. If for some reason the use of sugar is contraindicated, it can be replaced with liquid natural honey. Only you will need half as much honey as sugar.In a bowl, mix wheat flour, semolina, a pinch of salt and baking powder. Add poppy seeds and sugar and mix the mixture until smooth.Of the dried fruits, I used papaya, which must be cut into small pieces and added to the dough. Thoroughly mix the dry mixture with papaya until smooth.The compote will need to be unsweetened or with a minimumsugar content, as sugar is added to the dough and made from fresh fruit. If the compote is too sweet, then half the amount of sugar is added to the dough. Pour the compote at room temperature into a bowl and stir. Add vegetable oil and vanilla essence to improve the taste and aroma of the baked goods. Mix the dough thoroughly.You will need a silicone cake mold,an iron form will do if you don't have one. You don't need to grease a silicone form. Carefully pour the dough into the form and smooth it out so that the cake is smooth and even. Put the form in the oven and bake until done, about 35 minutes. It is recommended to determine the readiness of the cake by piercing the cake with a dry match. If the match is dry, the cake can be taken out of the oven. As a rule, hot baked goods are fragile, so to keep the cake intact, you need to remove it from the form while it is still warm. It will take about 20 minutes for the cake to cool. After the specified time, turn the form over onto a plate. The cake comes off the form well and does not stick to it.Before serving, cut the cake into small pieces.pieces and serve with a cup of tea or a glass of milk. Lenten cake made from aromatic poppy seed dough turns out incredibly soft, tender and crumbly. Such cake can be served both for everyday and festive meals.

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