Poppy Seed and Quark Cake


  • Print
Recipe Image
Ingredients for 1 springform cake tin 26 cm Ø
  • For the sponge
  • 100 g Butter, softened
  • 30 g Powdered sugar
  • 4 Egg yolk(s)
  • 150 g Ground poppy seeds
  • 70 g Hazelnuts, grated
  • 1 sachet(s) Vanilla sugar
  • small pinch(es) Cinnamon
  • pinch(es) Salt
  • 4 Egg white(s)
  • 90 g Sugar
  • Butter, for the baking tin
  • For the quark cream
  • 250 g QimiQ Classic, unchilled
  • 125 g Quark 20 % fat
  • 70 g Sugar
  • 2 tbsp Lemon juice
  • 1 sachet(s) Vanilla sugar
  • 125 ml Cream 36 % fat, whipped
  • For the glazing
  • 1 sachet(s) Red cake glazing jelly
  • 30 g Ground poppy seeds, to decorate
  • Cream 36 % fat, whipped
Method
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.