Orange & Poppy Seed Cake

Ingredients

• 4 free range eggs
  
• 270g golden caster sugar
  
• 340g plain flour
  
• 2 ½ tsp baking powder
  
• 250g butter
  
• 1 tbl orange zest
  
• ½ cup orange juice (fresh)
  
• ½ cup Greek yoghurt or buttermilk
  
• ¼ cup poppy seeds
  

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 160C.
   
2. Cream the butter, sugar and orange zest in a bowl until light and fluffy.
   
3. Beat in the eggs one by one.
   
4. Sieve the flour and baking powder together and fold into the mixture.
   
5. Combine the orange juice, yoghurt (or buttermilk) and poppy seeds and stir into the mix.
   
6. Grease and flour an 8 inch round tin or two 2lb loaf tins, or use paper liners.
   
7. Turn mix into tin and bake in centre of the oven for 40 minutes.
   

Recipe with thanks to Kathy McAndrew Wallace