poppy seed cake

Seeded Eastern pastry

Poppy seed cake is a sweet baked dessert studded with tiny blue-black poppy seeds, which add a subtle nutty flavor and distinctive speckled appearance.

The seeds may be folded into the batter or swirled through as a filling.

Popular in Eastern European traditions, especially around holidays: My grandmother's poppy seed cake was famous at Christmas.

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Polish · old country · filling · sweet · dessert · marzipan · strudel · yeast · grandmother · holiday · Christmas Eve · traditional · crumb · slice · dense · moist · nutty · crunchy

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G