Fluffy mandarin cake

Ingredients

• 3 large aromatic and juicy tangerines
• 1 cup butter at room temperature
• 1 ¾ φλ. sugar
• 4 eggs
• 3 ½ φλ. flour for all uses (sifted)
• 2 tbsp. baking powder
• 3 tbsp. poppy seed
• 1/3 cup fresh milk or mandarin juice (if needed)

Implementation

1. First, wash the tangerines well and dry them. Then, remove the stones and the central white part and put them in the blender together with the peel.
2. Grind them leaving some visible pieces to find them in the bites.
3. Set the ground mandarins aside.
4. Beat the butter with the sugar in the bowl of the mixer for 5 'until they acquire a creamy texture.
5. Add the eggs one by one and beat for another 5 'until the mixture gets volume.
6. Add the sifted flour and baking powder to the dough and mix well.
7. Then, add the ground mandarins and poppy seeds to the mixer.
8. If you see that the dough is too tight, you can add 1/3 cup. milk or mandarin juice. But this will depend on how juicy the tangerines are.
9. Transfer the mixture to a cake tin which you have buttered and floured.
10. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 ° C for 50 '(up and down resistance).