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Debbie Stjernqvist

Could anyone help me with a recipie for a poppy seed cake?
Thank you

Hobbs
Old Fashioned Blueberry Poppy Seed Cake
Prep: 15 min, Cook: 45 min.

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 Tbs. lemon peel, grated
1 egg
1-1/2 cups all purpose flour, plus extra
1/4 cup poppy seeds
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 cup sour cream
2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries, thawed, drained on paper towels
1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/3 cup powdered sugar
2 tsp. milk

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour bottom and sides of a 9 inch springform pan. Beat 2/3 cup sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Add lemon peel and egg. Beat 2 minutes at medium speed. Combine flour, poppy seeds, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with sour cream. Spread batter over bottom and to 1/4 inch thickness up the sides of pan.

Gently combine blueberries, remaining granulated sugar, 2 tsp. flour, and nutmeg in a bowl. Spoon over batter in pan. Bake 45-50 minutes or until crust is golden brown. Cool slightly. Remove sides of pan. Combine powdered sugar and enough milk to make a thin glaze. Drizzle over top of warm cake.

This recipe serves 8 people. Because this recipe is for a particular size pan, it adjusts the number of servings only in multiples of
8.

Jennifer/MI

Makes one 9" bundt cake. This freezes well.

Poppy Seed Cake
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1 cup poppy seeds
3/4 cup milk
1 1/2 sticks butter
1 1/4 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 teas vanilla
1 Tblsp grated orange rind
2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
2 teas. baking powder
1/2 teas. salt

Soak poppy seeds in milk overnight.
Cream butter and sugar in large bowl. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla, orange rind and milk with poppy seeds. Sift together dry ingredients and add into the wet, mixing well. Pour into a well-greased bundt pan and bake in a 375 degree oven 30-40 minutes, or until cake springs back when lightly pressed with fingers. Cool on wire rack for 10 minutes, then remove from pan and cool completely. Scrumptious with lemon curd.


Bam Bam

I have made this time and time again with great results. Enjoy

1 yellow cake mix
1 small package of instant vanilla pudding
1/2 cup sherry
4 eggs
1/2 cup sour cream or plain yogurt
1/2 cup salad oil
1/4 cup poppy seeds

Preheat over to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a bundt pan, or any pan will do. Mix all ingredients together and beat for 2 minutes. Bake for 45-50 minutes. Let cool, and remove from pan.