Ukrainian Poppy Seed Cake

Original Day Family cookbook

Ingredients:

• • 1 cup poppy seeds

  • 1 cup milk

  • 1 cup butter

  • 2 cup sugar

  • 3 eggs, separated

  • 2 cup flour

  • ½ teaspoon salt

  • 2-½ teaspoon baking powder

  • 2 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:

Put poppy seeds in milk and bring to boil, then set aside for an hour. Preheat oven to 350^o. Cream butter and sugar together. Beat in egg yolks. Add poppy seed-milk mixture. Sift flour, salt, and baking powder and stir into dough. Beat egg whites until stiff and fold into dough with vanilla. Grease and flour large loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour.

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