Poppy Seed Pound Cake with Orange Glaze

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Orange You Glad I Said Pound Cake Recipe?

Yes, you will be glad you stumbled across this moist and scrumptious poppy seed pound cake recipe. This cake is flavored with almond and vanilla extracts with a bit of butter flavoring complimented with an orange citrus glaze drizzled on top. Makes my mouth start watering just saying the words!

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Poppy Plants

Poppy seeds are tiny little seeds that are harvested from dried seed pods from an actual poppy plant.

All parts of the poppy plant contain or carry the opium alkaloids, especially morphine and codeine. Therefore, any foods containing poppy seeds can result in a false positive drug screening test.

With that being said, if your employer performs random drug testing you may want to avoid this recipe.

Poppy Seed Pound Cake Recipe

Cake Ingredients:

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 1/4 cups granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 cup milk
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons each of almond extract, vanilla extract and butter flavoring
• 1 1/2 teaspoon poppy seeds

Orange Glaze Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup concentrated orange juice
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon each almond extract, vanilla extract and butter flavoring

Cake Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Mix all ingredients together except for the poppy seeds and beat for two minutes (do not over beat). Then gently fold in the poppy seeds.

Pour into two greased and floured loaf pans.

Bake for 1 hour.

Remove from oven and allow to cool on cooling rack for 5 minutes. Then to remove cake from pan gently invert onto cooling rack and give the pan a few swats on the bottom and cake should release.

Orange Glaze Instructions:

Mix all ingredients together and spoon glaze over cake while still warm.

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