This sounds delicious - can't wait to make (eat) it!
I've always been irritated by cookies with raisins in them - I've been fooled more than once! And oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are delicious (why the raisins?).
Just had an entire debate with my teenage son about this. Imagine that I have a child who prefers raisins to chocolate chips in my oatmeal cookies. Shocking.
1. 1/2 cups of vegetable oil, 2 cups white sugar, 4 eggs, 1 cup poppy seeds, 1 13 ounce can of evaporated milk, 3 cups flour, 1 tsp of baking soda, 1 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp salt. Mix oil with sugar. Add eggs and beat well. Add poppy seeds and mix. Add dry ingredients alternating with the evaporated milk. Pour into a buttered tube pan. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour
Here is a recipe similar to the poppy seed cake my family has made:
(found online, but it looks like my grandmother's recipe)
Poppy seed cake was my father's favorite cake.
@justcallmetoni posted this recipe online
Note. Poppy seeds are REALLY HIGH in oxalates.
Also, if you are subject to random drug tests at work, eating too much could result in a positive test.
Ukranian Poppy Seed Cake
3/4 cup poppy seeds
1 cup milk
1/2 lb butter
1 1/3 c sugar
3 eggs, beaten
2 c unbleached flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 tsp lemon zest
DIRECTIONS
Heat poppy seeds and milk in a small saucepan over medium heat. Remove from heat just before milk begins to boil. Let stand until milk reaches room temperature.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Cream together the butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Sift together the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder and salt)
In thirds, alternately beat in the butter and sugar, the dry ingredients, and milk/poppy seeds.
Add the vanilla and lemon zest at the end.
Lightly butter 2 loaf pans and split batter between pans. Bake 40-50 minutes until a toothpick or knife inserted comes out clean.
I love this recipe & your memory about mohn. My own poppyseed cake is a “cheater”, made with doctored cake mix. It didn’t come directly from the shtetl, but via some very Americanized Jews. In any event, I’ve donated to World Central Kitchen & also to the Ukraine fund at Global Giving. In case you’re interested, here’s my recipe- https://motherwouldknow.com/poppy-seed-cake-no-secrets-no-shame/
You and I both know how doctored cake mix is as American as it gets. I like the idea of 'translating' a recipe into American, if you know what I mean. Thanks for donating to WCK. I suspect you're celebrating International Women's Day, right? You should tout your book this week!
Thank you for this wonderful cake. I shared it on International Women's Day in my office, where we prosecute war crimes. So it was a very meaningful cake, and a great hit too. I did find the cake on the small side: have you ever tried it with larger amounts? I was thinking of trying it another time with all ingredients increased by 50%. Or do you warn against that?
Thank you for adding an extra layer of meaning to that cake but sharing where and when you did. You do such good work for the world. I wonder how you are feeling about Putin's daily doings? Do you start totting up a list of war crimes every time you watch the news?
As for the cake, it is a bit on the small side. It doubles very easily to make a more "normal" size Bundt cake. Keep me posted!
Thanks. Alas, we know all too well that it is a long long way from tv footage to a criminal conviction, but I am sure that they will get there in the end.
Honey! Honey! Honey! I love you, Marissa! I love the brave people in Ukraine! And I love that you put a link so we can donate!
I love this idea. Thanks, Marissa!🇺🇦
This sounds delicious! Put it in Pinterest so we can pin it!
I just did. Thank you for reminding me!
This sounds delicious - can't wait to make (eat) it!
I've always been irritated by cookies with raisins in them - I've been fooled more than once! And oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are delicious (why the raisins?).
Just had an entire debate with my teenage son about this. Imagine that I have a child who prefers raisins to chocolate chips in my oatmeal cookies. Shocking.
😱
Oh....this is lovely for so many reasons. Sending hugs.
1. 1/2 cups of vegetable oil, 2 cups white sugar, 4 eggs, 1 cup poppy seeds, 1 13 ounce can of evaporated milk, 3 cups flour, 1 tsp of baking soda, 1 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp salt. Mix oil with sugar. Add eggs and beat well. Add poppy seeds and mix. Add dry ingredients alternating with the evaporated milk. Pour into a buttered tube pan. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour
Only 3/4 cup flour?
3/4 cup + 2 tbsp
Beautiful!
Here is a recipe similar to the poppy seed cake my family has made:
(found online, but it looks like my grandmother's recipe)
Poppy seed cake was my father's favorite cake.
@justcallmetoni posted this recipe online
Note. Poppy seeds are REALLY HIGH in oxalates.
Also, if you are subject to random drug tests at work, eating too much could result in a positive test.
Ukranian Poppy Seed Cake
3/4 cup poppy seeds
1 cup milk
1/2 lb butter
1 1/3 c sugar
3 eggs, beaten
2 c unbleached flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 tsp lemon zest
DIRECTIONS
Heat poppy seeds and milk in a small saucepan over medium heat. Remove from heat just before milk begins to boil. Let stand until milk reaches room temperature.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Cream together the butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Sift together the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder and salt)
In thirds, alternately beat in the butter and sugar, the dry ingredients, and milk/poppy seeds.
Add the vanilla and lemon zest at the end.
Lightly butter 2 loaf pans and split batter between pans. Bake 40-50 minutes until a toothpick or knife inserted comes out clean.
I love this recipe & your memory about mohn. My own poppyseed cake is a “cheater”, made with doctored cake mix. It didn’t come directly from the shtetl, but via some very Americanized Jews. In any event, I’ve donated to World Central Kitchen & also to the Ukraine fund at Global Giving. In case you’re interested, here’s my recipe- https://motherwouldknow.com/poppy-seed-cake-no-secrets-no-shame/
You and I both know how doctored cake mix is as American as it gets. I like the idea of 'translating' a recipe into American, if you know what I mean. Thanks for donating to WCK. I suspect you're celebrating International Women's Day, right? You should tout your book this week!
Thank you for this! So delicious. I sneaked a piece right out of the oven, and it was good, but the glaze makes it sublime. 🌻
Thank you for this wonderful cake. I shared it on International Women's Day in my office, where we prosecute war crimes. So it was a very meaningful cake, and a great hit too. I did find the cake on the small side: have you ever tried it with larger amounts? I was thinking of trying it another time with all ingredients increased by 50%. Or do you warn against that?
Thank you for adding an extra layer of meaning to that cake but sharing where and when you did. You do such good work for the world. I wonder how you are feeling about Putin's daily doings? Do you start totting up a list of war crimes every time you watch the news?
As for the cake, it is a bit on the small side. It doubles very easily to make a more "normal" size Bundt cake. Keep me posted!
Thanks. Alas, we know all too well that it is a long long way from tv footage to a criminal conviction, but I am sure that they will get there in the end.
Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you Marissa Rothkopf!!! This is wonderful!
Thank you! Enjoy.