orange and poppy seed cake

250g Butter, room temperature

300g Sugar

3 Egg

300g Flour, sifted

2 Orange juice

2 Orange rind

2 tbspBlue Poppy Seeds

100mlMilk

3 tsp Baking powder

Method

Cream butter and sugar till white, roughly 4-5 minutes on medium speed. while waiting for the butter, sift flour and baking powder. then add in eggs one by one to the creamed butter. add in the poppy seed, rind and juice of orange and the sifted flour. mix on low speed(fold in), then add in milk and fold.

Pour in to a baking vessel, bake in a pre-heated oven of 160C and bake for 45min or until its cooked. To check if its done, use the skewer method where by the bamboo skewer is stuck in to the middle of the cake and comes out clean.

yes it didn't rise at the sides my oven was a bit too hot.

Happy trying:)