Poppy Seed / Coconut Torte
Cake:
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1 cup ground poppy seed*
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1 cup coconuts
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1 cup sugar
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1 cup flour
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3 egg
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3/4 cup oil
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1 cup sour cream
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3 teaspoon vanilla sugar
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3 teaspoon baking powder
Ganache
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100 gram semi sweet chocolate chip
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Beat egg white with the sugar until frothy, set aside.
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In a separate bowl mix all the rest of the cake ingredients and mix thoroughly.
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With gentle stroke blend the whipped egg white with the ingredients in the other bowl.
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Pour into a square/rectangle baking pan or into 2 English cake baking pans.
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Baked for 40 minutes at 350f degrees.
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place the chocolate chip and heavy cream in a microwave dish. Heat to dissolve. Mix to blend.
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Pour on the cake and keep in a room temperature till the ganache jells.
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Poppy seeds better be fresh, they get to be bitter after a while.​
Whole poppy seeds can be ground in a spice grinder or a coffee grinder.
For these two reasons, I often substitute home made filling with SOLO Poppy Seed cake and pastry filling.