Poppyseed and Orange Cake

Ingredients:

4 Eggs seperate the Yolk and white
125 gms butter
1 Orange
100 gms icing sugar
2 Tablespoons cocoa unsweetened
50 gms Caster sugar
150 gms poppy seeds
1 Tablespoon icing sugar

Method:

1 Preheat the oven to 170C (gas mark 3) and grease a 24cm round spring sided cake tin

2 Beat the egg yolks, butter, orange rind and icing sugar until smooth then fold in the cocoa

3 Beat the egg whites until soft peaks form the slowly add sugar and continue beating until thick and glossy

4 Fold in the poppy seeds followed by the egg whites and gently combine

5 Pour mixture into tin and bake for 70 minutes then remove from the oven and allow to cool

6 Once cooled, remove from tin and dust with icing sugar to serve