Yeast Cake with Poppy, Chocolate or Honey Filling - Kosher.com

Ingredients

• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon Gefen Vanilla Sugar
• pinch of salt
• 1 and 1/2 cups oil
• a little grated lemon zest
• 1/2 cup room temperature water
• 4 eggs, room temperature
• about 3.3 pounds (1.5 kilo) flour, start with 2.2 pounds (1 kilo) and gradually add more as needed
• 3 tablespoons Gefen Dry Yeast
• 1 cup Alfasi Cabernet Sauvignon or other semisweet red wine
• 1/4 cup water
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup oil
• 3 tablespoons cherry brandy or other liqueur
• 12 ounces (350 grams) ground poppy seeds (best to buy freshly ground; the prepackaged variety is usually bitter)
• 1/2 cup ground almonds
• 1 cup Gefen Unsweetened Applesauce or other sugar-free applesauce
• 1 scant teaspoon cinnamon
• grated lemon zest
• 1 egg
• chocolate spread, milchig or pareve
• cocoa
• cinnamon
• coarsely grated nuts
• honey or silan
• chopped peanuts
• cookie crumbs
• 3 and 1/2 ounces (100 grams) Gefen Confectioners’ Sugar or other powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons cold water