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Poppy Seed and Quark Cake

QimiQ Benefits

  • Longer presentation times without loss of quality
  • Creamy indulgent taste with less fat
  • Reduces skin formation
  • Reduces discolouration

Minutes

25

Difficulty

easy

Poppy Seed and Quark Cake
Poppy Seed and Quark Cake

Ingredients

For 1 springform cake tin 26 cm Ø

  • For the sponge

  • 100g

    Butter, softened

  • 30g

    Powdered sugar

  • 4

    Egg yolk(s)

  • 150g

    Ground poppy seeds

  • 70g

    Hazelnuts, grated

  • 1sachet(s)

    Vanilla sugar

  • small pinch(es)

    Cinnamon

  • pinch(es)

    Salt

  • 4

    Egg white(s)

  • 90g

    Sugar

  • g

    Butter, for the baking tin

  • For the quark cream

  • 250g

    QimiQ Classic, unchilled

  • 125g

    Quark 20 % fat

  • 70g

    Sugar

  • 2tbsp

    Lemon juice

  • 1sachet(s)

    Vanilla sugar

  • 125ml

    Cream 36 % fat, whipped

  • For the glazing

  • 1sachet(s)

    Red cake glazing jelly

  • 30g

    Ground poppy seeds, to decorate

  • Cream 36 % fat, whipped

Preparation

  1. Preheat the ovent to 175° C (convection oven).

  2. For the sponge, whisk the butter smooth. Add the icing sugar and egg yolks and continue to whisk until fluffy. Add the poppy seeds, hazelnuts, vanilla sugar, cinnamon and salt and mix well. Whisk the egg whites and sugar until stiff and fold into the mixture. Pour into a greased cake tin and bake in the preheated oven for 30-40 minutes.
  3. For the quark cream whisk QimiQ Classic smooth. Add the quark, sugar, lemon juice and vanilla sugar and mix well. Fold in the whipped cream.
  4. Sandwich the cold sponge with the cream and chill for at least 4 hours (preferably over night).
  5. Make the glazing according to the instructions on the packet and use to glaze the cake.
  6. Chill to set the glazing. Coat the side of the cake with poppy seeds and decorate with cream rosettes.
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