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Apple poppy seed cake with sour cream

Name: Apple poppy seed cake with sour cream
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 1 pan
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 1 Egg; 100 g Powdered sugar; 100 g Semi-coarse wheat flour; 1 tsp Baking soda; 100 g Ground poppy seeds; 100 ml Vegetable oil; 250 ml Sour cream; 2 Apples

Grated apples, ground poppy seeds, and sour cream make a moist, one-pan cake. Mix the batter, then bake for 30 minutes at 180°C (350°F).

Slovak cuisine · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Temperature: 180 °C (350 °F)
Servings: 1 pan
Difficulty: Easy

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Apple poppy seed cake with sour cream brings two favorite sweet ingredients together in one moist batter. Simply mix coarsely grated apples with ground poppy seeds, flour, an egg, oil, sour cream, and baking soda—no mixer or layering needed. Bake the cake for half an hour at 180°C (350°F), then dust with powdered sugar before serving.

Ingredients

Egg 1
Powdered sugar 100 g
Semi-coarse wheat flour 100 g
Baking soda 1 tsp
Ground poppy seeds 100 g
Vegetable oil 100 ml
Sour cream 250 ml
Apples 2

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Instructions

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Coarsely grate the apples and mix with all the other ingredients.
Pour the batter into a pan and bake at 180°C (350°F) for 30 minutes.
Dust the cake with powdered sugar before serving, if desired.

Tip: This apple and sour cream cake is moist and soft, so let it cool completely before slicing. Use freshly ground poppy seeds, as older ones can taste bitter.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per 100 g, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 259 kcal
Protein: 4.0 g
Carbohydrates: 25 g
of which sugars: 14 g
Fat: 17 g
of which saturates: 3.8 g
Fiber: 2.9 g
Salt: 0.3 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Strúhaný jablkový koláč s makom a kyslou smotanou