Steamed Poppy Seed Bread

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 18
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 130.3
  • Total Fat: 4.8 g
  • Cholesterol: 31.6 mg
  • Sodium: 12.6 mg
  • Total Carbs: 19.5 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 0.7 g
  • Protein: 3.0 g

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Introduction

Another one of my mom's "Black Box" recipes, though the card is written in my grandmother's hand. I have no idea if my mom ever made it. This is rich cake, filled with butter, eggs, milk and honey, and it fills three 14-oz cans, about 6 slices each. Another one of my mom's "Black Box" recipes, though the card is written in my grandmother's hand. I have no idea if my mom ever made it. This is rich cake, filled with butter, eggs, milk and honey, and it fills three 14-oz cans, about 6 slices each.
Number of Servings: 18

Ingredients

    2 cups sifted cake flour
    1 tbsp baking powder
    1/2 tsp salt
    3/4 cup whole milk
    2 eggs
    1 tbsp grated lemon zest
    1/2 cup honey
    1/4 cup melted butter
    1/3 cup poppy seeds

Directions

Grease three 14-oz cans and put a large kettle of water on to boil.
Sift flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl.
Beat together milk, eggs, zest, honey, butter and poppy seeds.
Pour mixture into dry ingredients, beat well.
Fill cans 3/4 the way full and cover tightly with foil.
Set on a rack in a large pot., and pour boiling water 1/3 of the way up the cans.
Bring water back up to a gentle boil, cover pot and steam 2 hours.
Cool 10 minutes in cans before turning out onto a rack to cool completely.

Number of Servings: 18

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.