Recipe

Poppy Seed Cake With French Cream Frosting Recipe

	Geranium / All my dishes 2 months, 3 weeks ago The recipe for this cake, was taken out of a taste of home magazine, The frosting has been in my family for years. Together, they make... heaven! Prep:60m Cook:2025m Servings:24	Geranium
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Ingredients

For cake:

2-1/2 T. poppy seeds

½ cup milk

2 egg whites

6 T. shortening

¾ cup sugar

½ t. vanilla extract

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 t. baking powder

For frosting:

3 T. flour

¾ cup milk

1 cup butter

¾ cup sugar

1 t. vanilla

Directions

In a small bowl, soak poppy seeds in milk for 30 minutes.

Place egg whites in a large mixing bowl;

let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.

In another large mixing bowl, cream the shortening, sugar, and vanilla.

Combine flour and baking powder;

add to creamed mixture alternately with poppy seed mixture.

Beat egg whites until soft peeks form;

fold into batter.

Pour into a greased 9 x 9-in. cake pan.

Bake at 375 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.

Cool on a wire rack.

For frosting, Heat flour and milk over low heat till thickened to a paste.

Set aside to cool.

Cream together butter and sugar.

Add cooled flour and milk to creamed mixture.

Beat with electric mixer till smooth.

Add vanilla.

Put the frosting on cooled cake, and enjoy!

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Comments

familychef 2 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Sounds absolutely delicious. I can't wait to prepare this for our Thanksgiving on Oct 10! My family will be amazed! Thanks so very much.

geranium 2 months, 3 weeks ago said:
You're welcome! I hope you like it as much as I did!

juels 2 months, 1 week ago said:
Both the cake and frosting sound divine! I love cooking with poppy seeds, too! Thanks for sharing this recipe!

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