Aunt Shirley's Recipe Collection ~ Poppy Seed Cake ~ Dated 1953

Makos torta

Ingredients: 

1/4 cup shortening

2 1/4 cup cake flour

2 1/4 tsp baking powder

3/4 tsp salt

1 1/4 cup sugar

1 cup milk

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 cup poppy seed

3 egg whites

Cream shortening; add sugar. Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with milk; add vanilla; beat 2 minutes.  Add poppy seed and mix well.  Fold in beaten egg whites.  Pour into 2 greased and lined 8-inch layer cake pans.  Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees

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