poppy seed cake

How To Make poppy seed cake

• Step 1
  CAKE: Combine and soak a minimum of 3 hours the poppy seeds and milk.
• Step 2
  When ready to bake cake, cream together until light, butter and sugar.
• Step 3
  Sift together cake flour, salt and baking powder.
• Step 4
  Add sifted ingredients to creamed mixture, alternately with poppy seed milk mixture, mixing well.
• Step 5
  Quickly beat until stiff egg whites and fold into mixture.
• Step 6
  Pour into 2 9-inch pans greased and floured. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until lightly browned and springy.
• Step 7
  Cool cake in pans 10 minutes on racks. Turn out and cool completely.
• Step 8
  FROSTING: Combine in saucepan sugar and cornstarch. Beat together then add, mixing until smooth, egg yolks and milk.
• Step 9
  Add lastly broken pecans and cook very slowly, stirring frequently to prevent burning until thick like filling, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Step 10
  Remove and add vanilla.
• Step 11
  When cool spread frosting between layers and on top of poppy seed cake.
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