Mary jo's poppy seed cake

 
                         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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