Fluffy Hungarian Apple Poppy Seed Cake - quick & easy!

You know those Sundays when you feel like baking something but you don't want to labour in the kitchen all day? You feel like something yummy to have with your cup of tea or coffee?
Poppy seed is my BIG favourite! Hungarians LOVE poppy seeds and they make some incredible cakes, strudels and pasta with poppy seeds!

This is one of my favourite recipes because it's quick and easy and the cake is fluffy and delicious!
When I made this the first time, it brought back memories of my family, baking with my Mum, dad watching sports on the TV and beating the egg whites for mum to help with the cake! Precious and fun times!

Today when I prepared this recipe again, I decided to use my doTerra essential oils so I included how to replace lemon with oils! These oils have become my best friends for many reasons. It's easy to place a drop on my wrist a few times during the day and taking supplements done! Tick! I love putting some in my water! Immune system protection and weight loss management done! Tick! I love smelling them! Little pleasures of the day, tick! They make me feel good. Mood enhancement, tick! I love smelling good. Being aromatically dressed, tick! Love massaging oils onto my skin. Massage, beauty treatment, skin care, tick! Now, that was enough...what not to like about essential oils? But wait!...... You even can cook with them! Just make sure they are 100% pure, Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade!

I have been experimenting using my oils in different recipes. It is fabulous that if I don't have lemon, basil, rosemary, lemongrass or other herbs at home fresh, I still can prepare that recipe! I almost wanted to write that it turns out better than with herbs... The flavour is definitely more intense even from 1-2 drops of oil!

So, let's bake that apple poppy seed cake!

Ingredients
1 egg
100g sugar
100g flour
1 teaspoonful of bi-carb soda
100g ground poppy seed
1 grind of a lemon and a tea spoonful of the juice (you can replace the lemon juice and the grind with 2-3 drops of Lemon Essential Oil by doTerra)
100ml oil (coconut oil, melted butter, sweet almond oil, whatever you have home)
250ml sour cream
2 apples (grated on the larger cheese grater)

Method of preparation
Start the oven and preheat it to 180C. Line a baking spring form or a baking dish with baking paper.
Mix all ingredients in a bowl in the same order as they are listed  above. Pour the cake batter into the baking form and place it in the pre-heated oven for 30 minutes.

This recipe takes for me 40 mins in my oven. I find that many cakes collapse after taking them out of the oven because the middle is not properly baked, even when the pin test comes out clean. I tried an extra 10-15 mins extra baking time and it results in better consistency! Just make sure than you keep an eye on your cake and don't burn it! So I add another few minutes after the pin or the fork came out clean!

Tips:  In my family we put a tiny rum to almost every cake recipe! I started to follow this tradition and I like it better! A little alcohol makes almost every cake recipe taste better!
This cake is delicious with some vanilla custard, cream or raspberry sauce! True indulgence but you are worth it! And what are Sundays for if not spoiling yourself and your loved one!

Why Essential Oils?

Essential oils have also been used for thousands of years for cosmetic purposes, as well as for their spiritually and emotionally uplifting properties. Essential oils can be used for a wide range of emotional and physical wellness applications. They can be used as single essential oils or in complex essential oil blends depending on user experience and desired benefit.

When inhaled, "the absorption of essential oils by the nose is as fast as an intravenous injection," Gerhard Buchbauer said, a professor of pharmaceutical chemistry at the University of Vienna in Austria.

In comparison, the absorption of essential oils through the skin is slower, because some of their chemical compounds need to pass through the fat layers under the skin and may even get stored there, Buchbauer said.

About 100 different essential oils are used for medical aromatherapy in Austria and other European countries, Steflitsch told Live Science.

How To Use Essential Oils
Any time you hold a bottle of our powerful essential oils, you are holding the pure essence of health-promoting botanicals that can be diffused (in a water-based diffuser or waterless diffuser), inhaled, applied topically (neat or diluted), incorporated into massage (as single oil or as a blend, neat or diluted) or taken internally (under the tongue, in water or in honey or other food). Make sure that the essential oil you use is 100% pure, a Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade and has a food label on it. If not, do not take it internally. I would not even put on my skin that way.

Inspire a positive emotional state
Love the way the spritz of fragrance from a fresh orange peel can brighten your day? Each essential oil’s complex, pleasant, and unique scent activates the limbic system—the brain’s centre of emotion and memory—differently. Essential oils can be your key to a more fulfilling and balanced emotional life. 

• Balance
• Breathe
• Cheer
• Citrus Bliss
• Console
• Forgive
• Motivate
• Passion
• Peace
• Serenity
• Elevation
• In Tune
• PastTense
• Purity
• Whisper

Enhance your physical wellness
Modern lifestyles don’t always create optimal conditions for physical wellness. Poor diet, lack of exercise, and an overabundance of environmental toxins can leave the body unbalanced and diminish energy levels. From cleansing and weight management to supporting every system of the body, essential oils and essential oil-infused supplements can provide the targeted solutions you need to restore balance and feel your best. 

• AromasTouch
• ClaryCalm - Monthly Blend for Women
• DigestZen - Digestive blend
• OnGuard - Immune system
• Smart & Sassy - Weight management blend
• Zendocrine - Cleansing blend
• Frankinsence
• Helicrysum
• Ginger

Purify your home
Harsh chemical formulas aren’t your only home cleansing option. Enjoy peace of mind without compromise when you polish countertops, clean sticky messes, and cleanse dirty surfaces with the gentle but effective power of essential oils: 

• Purify Cleansing Blend
• Lemon
• Lime
• Lemongrass
• TeaTree
• Eucalyptus
• White Fir
• Citrus Bliss
• OnGuard Cleaner Concentrate

Eliminate chemicals and toxins 

I must admit, I got extremely exited when I discovered that doTerra not only cares about what we put on our skin but what we use to clean our homes and what we do washing with. In the end, it all goes on our skin and into our body. I love the idea of having a natural, fluoride- free, essential oils based toothpaste, a plant-based, Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade oils based surfactant cleaner concentrate and a natural, essential oil-based ultra-concentrated 6x laundry detergent that is not only great for the family but for the environment, too! It leaves clothes refreshingly clean. 

• Lemon (add 1/2 cup water, 1/2 cup vinegar and add 5-10 drops of lemon oil for a great cleaning mix) 
• OnGuard blend
• OnGuard Cleaner Concentrate
• OnGuard Foaming Hand Wash
• OnGuard Natural Whitening Toothpaste 
• OnGuard Natural Laundry Detergent

Athletes, Aches and Pains 

Aches and pains are a big part of most people's life. Kids get terrible growing pains in their

legs, adults get sore after working out, the body of a professional athlete frequently get injured and is under a lot of stress. A back pain or sore muscle, even a terrible nerve pain can last for a long time not dealt with properly. Ice Blue or as it is called in the USA market Deep Blue is a life saver. Use it as a rub in cream, add a drop of oil to your lotion or apply the light version during massage, whatever suits your lifestyle, you don't need to put up with the pain. Ice Blue has definitely changed my life and helped to improve much faster than anything else I have tried for years. 

• Ice Blue Athletic Blend
• Ice Blue Roll-On
• Ice Blue Athletic Rub
• Deep Blue Polyphenol Complex Capsules (USA)
• Deep Blue Rub Liter (USA)

Refine your Skin and Hair
Purge chemicals from your beauty routine and rediscover your natural glow. An ancient skin care secret, essential oils can help promote a clear-looking complexion, soften the appearance of signs of ageing, and nurture healthy-looking hair. Using only natural ingredients, these advanced skin and hair care solutions make it easy to enjoy the beautiful benefits of essential oils every day. 

• Rose
• Helichrysum
• Lemon
• Lavender
• Geranium
• Grapefruit
• Myrrh
• Roman Chamomile
• Sandalwood Hawaiian
• Ylang Ylang
• Verage Skin Care Family
• HD Clear Skin Care
• Essential Skin Care
• doTerra Spa
• doTerra Salon Essentials Hair Care

Create deep spiritual awareness
Incense and essential oils from plants have always played an important part in religious and

spiritual ceremonies, helping participants to transcend the trivial and connect with something larger than themselves. Research shows that the pure constituents in these oils stimulate olfactory receptors and activate regions in the brain’s limbic system associated with memory, emotion, and state of mind. To enhance your spiritual practice, dilute and apply meditative, empowering essential oils directly to wrists, feet, and behind the ears, or diffuse in a quiet space. Popular essential oils and blends for spiritual focus include:

• Frankincense
• Sandalwood Indian
• Balance
• Serenity

Why choose doTerra
When you choose doTERRA, you are choosing essential oils gently and carefully distilled from plants that have been patiently harvested at the perfect moment by experienced growers from around the world for ideal extract composition and efficacy.

Each doTERRA essential oil is also carefully and thoroughly tested using the strict CPTG Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade® quality protocol. Experienced essential oil users will immediately recognise the superior quality standard for naturally safe, purely effective therapeutic-grade doTERRA essential oils.

While there is a science to the distillation of essential oils, it is also an art. Distillers not only rely on years of experience, they also employ modern technologies and techniques.

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