We enjoy cornbread with our dinners on occasion, but this Amish onion cake has been a game changer. This onion “cake” contains some sweetness due to the caramelized onions on top and a small amount of sugar in the batter, similar to the slight sweetness of cornbread. However, this rich, cake-like bread is very moist thanks to whole milk, sour cream, and the addition of 5 eggs to the batter.

This delectable bread-cake is additionally flavored with paprika, poppy seeds, and a generous amount of black pepper. To make this bread, first caramelize 3 to 4 Vidalia onions in 1/2 cup butter for 10 minutes. All bulb onions contain sugar, but Vidalia are the sweetest, so stick with this kind for optimum results.

For this dish, the onions do not need to be chopped too finely because they will shrink throughout the cooking process. This need approximately 1 inch squares or rectangles. More in the video below.