Name: Poppy Seed Dream Cake – a recipe you'll fall in love with
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 4–5 eggs (whites and yolks separated); part of the sugar; part of the flour; a little oil or butter; ground poppy seeds; sugar; milk or cream; optionally vanilla sugar or lemon zest; powdered sugar or a light chocolate glaze; optionally a thin layer of jam between the sponge and the cream

Preheat the oven to a medium temperature and prepare a pan lined with baking paper.

Whisk the egg whites into stiff peaks with part of the sugar. In another bowl, mix the yolks, the remaining sugar, oil or butter, and the flour. Gently fold the egg whites into this mixture.

Spread the batter evenly into the pan and bake until the center of the sponge is cooked through (test with a skewer).

Prepare the poppy seed cream: in a saucepan, mix the ground poppy seeds with sugar and the liquid (milk/cream), simmer until the mixture thickens, and let cool.