[rec.food.recipes] OVO-LACTO: Poppy Seed Pound Cake

ak399@cleveland.freenet.edu (Carole A. Resnick) (06/14/91)

Title: POPPY SEED POUND CAKE
Keywords: Cake

 2 cups very fresh poppy seeds
 3 large eggs
 1 1/2 cup sugar
 1 Tablespoon dark rum
 1 1/2 cups cake flour
 1 teaspoon baking powder
 1 cup milk
 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled
 
 Grind poppy seeds.  Beat eggs until they are frothy, beat in sugar a little
 at a time until the mixture is thick and pale.  Beat in the rum and poppy
 seeds.  Sift the flour and baking powder and add to the egg mixture.  Stir
 in the milk and butter.  Turn the batter into a well-buttered and floured
 10 x 3 1/2" (1 1/2 quart) bundt pan.  Bake in a 375F oven for 35-45
 minutes.  Cool in pan for 5 minutes, turn out onto rack and cool completely.