Bublanina
CHERRY CAKE
Cream:
¼ lb. butter
½ cup sugar
Add:
3 egg yolks
Beat.
Add alternately, beating after each addition:
½ cup milk
1½ cups flour
Fold in:
3 beaten egg whites
1 tsp. lemon extract
1 tsp. salt
Pour into greased pan (9 by 13 inches.) Sprinkle about 1 or 1½ cups pitted cherries over the batter. Bake at 375 degrees until brown. Sprinkle powdered sugar over the top and cut into squares to serve.
Makovy Dort
POPPY SEED CAKE
½ cup poppy seed (ground)
1 cup milk
¾ cup butter
1½ cups sugar
2 cups sifted flour
1½ tsp. baking powder
4 egg whites (well beaten)
1 tsp. vanilla
Soak poppy seed in milk for 2 hours. Cream butter and add sugar. Add poppy seed and milk. Add dry ingredients slowly. Fold in beaten egg whites. Bake in layers or loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees.
FILLING FOR LAYERS OR FROSTING FOR LOAF
1 tbsp. corn starch
1½ cups milk
¾ cup sugar
4 egg yolks
½ cup chopped nuts
1 tsp. vanilla
Dissolve corn starch in a little of the milk and cook over double boiler with milk until mixture thickens. Add sugar, beaten egg yolks and chopped nuts. (½ recipe is sufficient to ice loaf cake.)
