Polish Poppyseed Bundt Cake {Piegus} Recipe
Today, I come to you with a recipe for yet another Polish bundt cake, this one is called Piegus. Piegus means “Freckles”, because of how the seeds look like, baked into the batter.
It is quite a simple cake and ofter prepared around Easter holidays. It’s sweet and moist, and the poppyseeds add an interesting new flavor to the dessert.
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Polish Poppyseed Bundt Cake {Piegus}
Ingredients
- 2/3 c / 150 g of butter
- 3/4 c / 150 g of granulated sugar
- 1 c / 125 g of all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp of baking powder
- 1 c / 140 g of raw black or blue poppyseeds (reserve a tablespoon for decorating)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 6 egg whites
- Pinch of salt
- Additionally:
- Butter for greasing the pan
- 2 Tbsp of breadcrumbs
- Glaze:
- 1/2 c / 75 g of powdered sugar
- 1 Tbsp of lemon juice
- 1/2 Tbsp of warm water
Instructions
Melt butter, to it add sugar and whisk until sugar has melted, about 8–10 minutes.
In the meantime, prepare a bundt cake pan by greasing the sides with butter and sprinkling them with breadcrumbs. Remove access breadcrumbs.
Preheat oven to 360℉ / 180℃.
In a separate bowl mix flour with baking powder, then add it to the butter/sugar mixture along with the raw poppyseeds and vanilla extract. Mix to combine.
In a separate bowl whisk egg whites with salt until stiff and gently fold it into the batter.
Transfer batter into bundt cake pan and bake for about 45–50 minutes.
Prepare glaze by combining the ingredients. When cake is done baking, take it out and cool until cool enough to touch. Remove from pan, glaze and sprinkle with poppyseeds to decorate.
Notes
This is not a very big recipe, so use a bundt cake pan that is on the smaller side, if you have one.
If you have a hard time finding poppyseeds locally, I recommend these on Amazon (affiliate links):
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Please let me know how this turned out for you!
Happy cooking and smacznego!
From Poland with love!
Anna
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