Libbie's Czech Poppy Seed Cake
Recipe: #14402
September 27, 2014
"You must soak poppy seed overnight in milk or will sink to the bottom of cake"
Original is 16 servings
Ingredients
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Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (115.8 g)
- Calories 397
- Total Fat - 14.5 g
- Saturated Fat - 7 g
- Cholesterol - 62.6 mg
- Sodium - 346.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 64.1 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1 g
- Sugars - 50.3 g
- Protein - 4.2 g
- Calcium - 78.2 mg
- Iron - 0.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 1.3 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Soak poppy seeds in 1 1/4 c milk overnight.
Step 2
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Step 3
Beat egg whites.
Step 4
Cream lard, salt, sugar, honey, 3 egg yolks and vanilla together. Add dry ingredients; then add poppy seed mixture. When blended, fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Put in greased and floured cake pan.
Step 5
Bake until cake springs back when touched, about 40 minutes. Libby doesn't have exact time here folks. I was lucky to get measurements for her food--she's been doing it so long.
Step 6
For the frosting, combine butter and powdered sugar; then add lemon juice and milk. Spread on warm cake.
Tips
No special items needed.