Poppy Seed Cake I

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 3/4 cup poppy seeds
• 3/4 cup water
• 3/4 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1/2 cup nonfat dry milk powder
• 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 4 egg whites

Recipe

• soak poppy seeds in water for 2 hours. preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease and flour two 8 inch round cake pans. sift nonfat dry milk, flour and baking powder together, and set aside.
• cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
• add 1/4 of the flour mixture to the creamed butter mixture and beat well. continue to add the flour mixture alternately with the poppy seeds and water, beating well after each addition.
• beat egg whites until stiff and gently fold into batter. pour batter into prepared pans.
• bake at 350 degrees f (175 degrees c) for 30 minutes. cool, then fill and top with almond custard filling before serving, if desired.