Poppy Seed Cake with Cream Cheese - recipe with photo

Poppy Seed Cake with Cream Cheese

A combination of crumbly dough, delicate cream, and an amazing poppy seed filling. For this recipe, I used a ready-made poppy seed mixture from the store, but you can make it yourself, for example, using a poppy seed roll recipe.

Total cooking time
not set
Number of servings
12
Recipe difficulty
4 / 5

Ingredients

for 12 servings

  • butter 100 g
  • sugar 50-70 g
  • eggs 2
  • baking powder 10 g
  • flour 250-270 g
  • cream cheese 200 g
  • cream 33-35% 100 ml
  • eggs 2
  • sugar 50-70 g
  • vanilla sugar 10 g
  • poppy seed filling 500 g

Instructions

Preparing the dough

Step 1 of 17

Cream the butter and sugar.

Step 2 of 17

Add the eggs.

Step 3 of 17

Mix together.

Step 4 of 17

Add flour and baking powder. Knead the dough.

Step 5 of 17

Line a baking pan with parchment paper (in my case 20x30 cm). Spread the dough over it and level it out.

Step 6 of 17

Cover the dough with a sheet of baking paper.

Step 7 of 17

Place a weight on top (I used beans). Put in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 10 minutes.

Preparing the cream

Step 8 of 17

Mix the cheese with sugar and vanilla sugar.

Step 9 of 17

Mix together.

Step 10 of 17

Pour in the cream.

Step 11 of 17

Mix together.

Step 12 of 17

Add eggs.

Step 13 of 17

Mix together.

Step 14 of 17

Remove the paper along with the weight.

Step 15 of 17

Spread the poppy seed filling over the dough.

Step 16 of 17

Layer the cream on top. Place in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 30–35 minutes.

Step 17 of 17

Let it cool and slice.