Cherry Swirl Cake with Curd Cheese and Poppy Seeds

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At a glance

You're looking at a two-rise yeast cake that takes about 2.5 hours total, combining a brioche-like dough with a creamy poppy seed and curd cheese filling studded with fresh cherries. The trickiest part is rolling out that massive dough square and getting the swirls arranged just right, but once they're in the tin and baked, a simple lemon glaze finishes everything off beautifully.

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    Make the dough

    Mix the flour with the sugar and yeast. Add the melted margarine combined with the milk and rum. Knead by hand, or ideally in a stand mixer, until you get a smooth, non-sticky dough. Leave it to rise in a warm place for an hour.

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    Pit the cherries

    While the dough is rising, pit the cherries and prepare the poppy seed filling. It's very simple: mix the poppy seeds with the sugar and pour over some lukewarm milk. Add the curd cheese and stir together to make the filling.

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  3. Roll out the dough and spread with the filling

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    Roll out the dough and spread with the filling

    Roll out the risen dough into a square, roughly 50 x 50 cm. Spread the poppy seed filling evenly over the whole surface, then scatter the cherries on top.

Cherry Swirl Cake with Curd Cheese and Poppy Seeds

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Active time total 1 h 30 min
Prep 25 min Cook 1 h 5 min
Plus 1 h 10 min of resting (not counted in active time)
12 Ingredients
6 Steps
Hard Difficulty

Ingredients — what you'll need

You only need 12 ingredients

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What's in it?

791 kcal

Calories

110 g

Carbohydrates

32 g

Fats

21 g

Proteins

The nutritional information is an estimate and may vary based on the specific ingredients used.

About this recipe

The oven's latest triumph was a perfect cake — refreshing, juicy, and packed with cherries, poppy seeds, and curd cheese. I fell for it after the very first bite, and I spent ages tweaking the recipe, cutting things out, swapping ingredients and adding others. This final version is spot on.

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