Mary Jo's Poppy Seed Cake

* Exported from MasterCook *

MARY JO'S POPPY SEED CAKE

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Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cakes

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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-----CAKE-----
1 c Poppy seeds
1 c Milk
3/4 c Butter or Margarine
1 3/4 c Sugar
2 1/2 c Cake flour, sifted
1 t Salt
3 ts Baking powder
4 Egg whites
-----FROSTING-----
3/4 c Sugar
1 t Cornstarch
4 Egg yolks
1 c Milk
1 c Broken pecans
1 t Vanilla

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



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