Hungarian Poppy Seed Coffee Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup buttermilk (or sour milk)
• 1/4 cup poppy seed
• 4 eggs (separated)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 teaspoons cocoa
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon (i do not add the cinnamon)

Recipe

• 1 soak poppy seed in buttermilk for twenty minutes.
• 2 cream butter and sugar, add egg yolks, vanilla and beat well.
• 3 in separate bowl - the flour, baking soda and baking powder using a whisk to mix).
• 4 add the dry ingredients alternately with the buttermilk/poppy mix.
• 5 beat eggs, fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites
• 6 in a greased angel food pan (i use a bundt pan) spread batter in layers sprinkling each layer with the sugar/cocoa/cinnamon mix and swirl with a knife.
• 7 bake one hour at 350 degrees or until toothpick come out clean.