ORANGE YOGURT POPPY SEED LOAF
This recipe makes one loaf or a dozen small cakes cooked in a muffin pan. Feel free to sub the yogurt for sour cream. Make sure your poppy seeds are fresh. As with any seed, they can go rancid if they’re not stored properly or they’re old.
Servings: 9 slices
Calories: 494kcal
Equipment
- 9 x 5-inch loaf pan
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup orange juice 80ml (it’ll be easier to zest the oranges before you juice them)
- 2 tablespoons poppy seeds
- 2 cups self-rising flour self-raising flour
- 1 cup white sugar or granulated sweetener of your choice such as monk fruit sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- Pinch of salt
- 2 tablespoons finely grated orange zest
- 1 1/2 sticks butter, melted 170g
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup plain full-fat yogurt or sour cream 125ml
- Demerara or turbinado sugar, for sprinkling, optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C). Grease a 9 x 5-inch (23 x 13cm) loaf pan & line with parchment paper bringing the paper about 2 inches (5cm) above each long side – this will make it easier to remove the loaf later. Or line a 12-hole muffin pan with liners and fill to 3/4 full.
- Combine the orange juice & poppy seeds together in a small bowl; set aside.
- Whisk together the flour, sugar, nutmeg & salt in a large bowl until well combined. Then whisk the zest, melted butter, eggs, yogurt & poppy seed mixture together in a medium bowl until well combined. Add the wet mixture to the flour mixture and stir until combine. Scrape the mixture into the prepared loaf pan; sprinkle liberally with the demerara sugar if using.
- Bake for about 50 minutes until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean (the small cakes take about 25 minutes). Let stand in pan for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool; slice when cooled. Cuts into about 9 slices. To freeze, place a piece of parchment paper between each slice or wrap each slice individually in plastic wrap or waxed paper.
Nutrition
Calories: 494kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 33g | Saturated Fat: 20g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 119mg | Sodium: 265mg | Potassium: 105mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 24g | Vitamin A: 1030IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 65mg | Iron: 1mg