Almond Poppy Seed Mini Bundt Cakes with Orange Glaze
Description
You can Use this recipe with regular cupcake pans, but a miniature bundt cake pan really takes muffins and cupcakes to the next level. 100% Recommend. I got mine at Williams-Sanoma, but I’m sure you can get them at Target or even Amazon. I’m a sucker for this flavor combination, and I promise, even if your not a nut-lover, youll LOVE these cakes!
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Ingredients
- 1/2C Salted Butter
- 1/2C Granulated Sugar
- 1/2C Milk
- 1/2C Honey (or Vanilla) Greek Yogurt
- 1 Egg
- 1T Almond Extract
- 1 1/2C Flour
- 1t Baking Powder
- 1T Poppy Seeds
- 1 1/5 C Powdered Sugar
- 2T Fresh Orange juice
- 1t Orange Zest
- *optional Slivered almonds for Garnish
Instructions
- Beat butter and Granulated sugar in an electric mixer until light and fluffy
- Combine the Milk, Yogurt, Egg, And Almond extract and slowly add the mixture to the butter and sugar while the mixer is set to low.
- In a separate bowl combine Flour, Baking Powder. ( Sift the flour to avoid lumps, but the muffins will still work unsifted)
- Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients with a wooden Spoon until *just* combined, then fold in the poppy seeds. (*Its important that you don’t stir the batter too much*)
- Grease Mini Bundt Pan (or fill muffin tin with liners) and fill 2/3 of the way with batter. Bake at (375F) for about 15-18 minutes or until the cake tops “bounce back” when pressed.
- **Its better to have the bundt pans less full than overfull- you want the mini cakes to sit flat**
- Move Cakes to a cooling rack (put parchment paper down underneath the rack) and let cakes cool completely before making glaze.
- After the cakes are completely cool, combine powdered sugar, orange juice, and zest ( if you like a thinner glaze add more juice, and for a thicker glaze add more powdered sugar) Use a Spoon to drizzle the glaze along the top of the cakes, making sure to let some drip down the sides. Garnish with slivered almonds if desired.
- * The glaze sets up pretty quickly so don’t make it too soon*
