Poppy Seed and Marmalade Traybake

The AGA cooker is famous for its traybakes – large, shallow cakes which can be cut into many pieces. This particular bake has a distinctive poppyseed texture and a tasty orange tang. Tradition has never tasted so good.

Serves Makes 24 pieces

Method
Line an AGA half size roasting tin with Bake-O-Glide.

Place the poppy seeds and orange juice into a saucepan and bring to the boil on the boiling plate, stir and allow to cool. Place the remaining ingredients into a basin and beat together. Add the poppy seeds and mix thoroughly.

Slide the roasting tin onto the third set of runners in the baking oven and cook for about 35-40 minutes until golden and cooked. Allow to cool for 20 minutes then remove the tin and Bake-O-Glide. Place on a cooling rack until cold.

To make the icing melt the butter in a bowl on the AGA top plate. Add the remaining ingredients to the butter, beat together well and spread on the cake, the icing thickens on cooling. Mark a pattern with a palette knife. Leave to set and then cut into 24 pieces.

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