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Steamed Poppy Seed Bread
 
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes
Cook Time: 140 Minutes
Ready In: 140 Minutes
Servings: 18
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.
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:
1. Grease three 14-oz cans and put a large kettle of water on to boil.
2. Sift flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl.
3. Beat together milk, eggs, zest, honey, butter and poppy seeds.
4. Pour mixture into dry ingredients, beat well.
5. Fill cans 3/4 the way full and cover tightly with foil.
6. Set on a rack in a large pot., and pour boiling water 1/3 of the way up the cans.
7. Bring water back up to a gentle boil, cover pot and steam 2 hours.
8. Cool 10 minutes in cans before turning out onto a rack to cool completely.
By RecipeOfHealth.com