Ginny is an ace at this cake.
Heat the oven to 350F, It will bake for 1 hour. This has preparation time, etc. so make sure you make it early. You will need a buttered bundt pan or two loaf pans.
This recipe has a step at the beginning that will take an hour – you need to combine, and let sit for one hour:
1 cup poppy seeds
1 cup milk
Letting it sit is absolutely critical, so don’t shorten the time. So you will wait for one hour. Then:
Cream together
1 cup soft butter
2 cups sugar
Then separate
3 eggs.
Take the
3 egg yolks, and add to the butter-sugar mix. Then add the poppy seed-milk mix to that too.
Beat the
3 egg whites and add
2 teaspoons vanilla but put it aside until the end.
Sift together and add to the above:
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 and 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
Then add the egg white mixture.
Put in a buttered bundt pan or 2 loaf pans
Cook for 1 hour for the bundt pan and less for the loaf pans.