Poppy Seed Coffee Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 4 egg yolks
• 4 egg whites, stiffly beaten
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 ounces poppy seeds
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 cream butter, sugar and egg yolks. soak poppy seeds in buttermilk. sift dry ingredients ( flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt). alternately add buttermilk and dry ingredients to the creamed mixture. fold in stiffly beaten egg whites flavored with almond. in a small bowl, combine 1/2 cup sugar, 1 tblsp. cinnamon. pour half the cake batter into a greased tube pan. cover with part of the cinnamon sugar mixture. pour in remaining cake batter and sprinkle with remaining cinnamon sugar mixture. bake for 1 hour at 350*.