Poppy Seed Layer Cake

Name: Poppy Seed Layer Cake
Ingredients: 1 tsp. salt; 3 c. sifted cake flour; 4 egg whites, stiffly beaten; Custard filling; 1 c. milk; ¼ c. poppy seeds; 1 tblsp. baking powder; 1½ c. sugar; ⅔ c. shortening

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Farm Journal’s Country Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1972

About

The crisp, blue-black seeds are evenly distributed throughout cake

Ingredients

¼ c. poppy seeds
1 c. milk
⅔ c.

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Add poppy seeds to milk. Refrigerate 1 to 2 hours.
Cream shortening with sugar until light and fluffy.
Sift together baking powder, flour and salt. Add dry ingredients and poppy seed milk alternately to creamed mixture.
Fold in egg whites, half at a time. Pour into two waxed paper-lined 8" round layer cake pans.
Bake in moderate oven