old fashioned poppy seed cake

Ingredients For old fashioned poppy seed cake

• CAKE
• 1/4 to 1/2 c

  poppy seeds- more or less to your liking -i like to use 1/2 cup
• 3/4 c

  milk
• 3/4 c

  butter or spry(spry is a shortening like crisco)
• 1 1/4 c

  granulated sugar
• 1/4 c

  brown sugar, lightly packed
• 2 c

  all purpose flour
• 2 tsp

  baking powder
• 1/2 tsp

  baking soda
• 1 tsp

  vanilla
• 4 lg

  egg whites, stiffly beaten
• FILLING
• 4 lg

  egg yolks
• 2 c

  milk
• 1 c

  granulated sugar
• 3 Tbsp

  cornstarch
• 1 tsp

  vanilla extract
• FROSTING
• 1 c

  solid crisco or spry shortening
• 1/2 tsp

  vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp

  butter extract
• 3 Tbsp

  powdered coffee creamer
• 1/4 c

  warm water-more if needed
• 4 c

  powdered sugar
• garnish

  coconut or nuts