An Attempt (Baked Goods): Poppy Seed Almond Cake

“An Attempt” is a recurring series on Natetheworld.com. In the series, we take a recipe found via a cookbook, website, or app and attempt to recreate it using the instructions provided. “An Attempt (Baked Goods)” is my current writing project and focuses solely on baked treats.

Recipe: Poppy Seed Almond Cake from Dessert Person by Claire Saffitz.

Introduction: With ingredients pulled from my cabinet neatly lined up across my counter, I made a shopping list of what was missing. I noted the hardware needed to bake the Poppy Seed Almond Cake. Oh! I will need a Bundt pan! How exciting! I unpacked a hand-me-down stand mixer from my mom. For far too long, it has been collecting dust on the top shelf of a closet. Knowing the mixing bowls would need a good soak, I gave them space and made my way to the grocery store.

Unlike the first entry in this series, I found all the ingredients for this recipe rather easily. No bouncing around to multiple stores for me. “Am I getting overly confident now?” I thought.

Back home, I added the newest additions to those already standing proudly on the counter. Natural oil, all-purpose flour, granulated sugar, poppy seeds, baking powder, kosher salt, whole milk, eggs, vanilla extract, almond extract, powdered sugar, orange juice, and butter were staring back at…