Happy VD !!!!

Dave’s favorite cake is Poppy Seed Cake, and I have to admit it is pretty good and makes a very nice treat for morning breakfasts. It is something his mother makes especially for him. He once ate an entire cake on a trip back from New York to North Carolina- actually before even he hit the NC border , it was gone! He kind of teases me that I don’t make it for him, but I also believe that sometimes, a mother’s special treat for her child is hers and hers alone. And you cannot get poppy seed filling down here!! So I buy it when I am up north or have it shipped down here by my in-laws. And then Dave also normally tells me that something 'is not right' with the cake when done which really makes me want to tackle it again. But in honor of Valentine’s Day, I will make him his special cake. So here is Poppy Seed Cake….

2 cups sugar
1 ½ cup oil
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups AP flour
1 can evaporated milk
1 ½ tsp baking powder
1 can poppy seed filling

1. Beat eggs and then add sugar, oil and vanilla. Mix well.
2. Add the baking powder to the flour and mix well.
3. Add flour mixture to the egg mixture alternating with milk and poppy seed filling. Mix well.
4. Pour into a greased bundt cake pan. Bake at 350 for 75-80 minutes.
5. Invert pan and completely cool before removing from pan. Believe me, I learned the hard way!

I have also turned this recipe into muffins which are great to take to work or parties. Enjoy my Yankee boy's favorite cake!

Side note: The complaint this time was 'the color' is off- this coming from a color blind man!