Poppy Seed Cake

Ingredients

• Yeast dough like No. 8
• 2 lbs. of poppy seed
• 3 eggs
• 3 juicy pears
• % lb. of butter

Method

1. 1

   The dough is prepared according to No.

2. 2

   8 and spread out in buttered pans about 0.25 inch thick, then set to rise in a warm place.

3. 3

   The poppy seed is scalded and the water drained off.

4. 4

   The pears are peeled and grated into the poppy seed, sugar and eggs are mixed in.

5. 5

   Spread the poppy seed mixture thick on the dough, sprinkle melted butter on and bake for 0.5 hour.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The art of German cooking and baking (1922) by Lina Wachtelborn Meier, page 137. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

POPPY SEED CAKE. Yeast dough like No. 8 % lb. of sugar 2 lbs. of poppy seed 3 eggs 3 juicy pears Vs lb. of butter Preparation: The dough is prepared according to No. 8 and spread out in buttered pans about i/4 inch thick, then set to rise in a warm place. The poppy seed is scalded and the water drained off. The pears are peeled and grated into the poppy seed, sugar and eggs are mixed in. Spread the poppy seed mixture thick on the doug'h, sprinkle melted butter on and bake % hour. — 290 — No. 22— HUCKLEBERRY CAKE. Yeast dough like No. 8 Sugar Huckleberries Frosting according to No. 16 Preparation: The dough is prepared as given under No. 8, spread out in buttered pans about 1/4 inch thick, then set to rise in a warm place. The berries are strewn on thick and sprinkled with sugar. Bake it and if you wish, spread the frosting on according to No. 16. No. 23— ONION CAKE. Yeast dough like No. 8 2 sweet-sour apples 6 peeled onions % lb. of butter

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.