Nana Recipe Wednesday–Poppy Seed Cake

From left: Aunt Margaret-Anne (you’ll want to click on that picture to get a good look at that pantsuit), Nana (a vision in pink chiffon), Auntie Jill, Auntie Anne (the blushing bride), and myself (the dork in yellow).

I’ll be honest.  I don’t really know whose recipe this is.  It might be Nana’s, but it might also be Aunt Marg’s.  I first remember eating this cake at Aunt Marg’s house in Spokane, WA.  I was on a cross-country trip with my Uncle Woody and Brett (both of whom I tortured mercilessly from my squished perch in the backseat of a 1979 Honda Civic), coming home from a trip to Minnesota.  We took in the sights on the way there and back–gems like The Corn Palace, Wall Drug, Mount Rushmore and the Black Hills.  Somehow we ended up in Spokane, where Aunt Marg put us up for the night.  I don’t really remember anything about it other than this cake.

Fast forward 30ish years.  I still remember the CAKE.  Typical.  And then I found this recipe in Nana’s recipe drawer.  So I don’t know who had it first, it’ll just have to remain a mystery.  This is another one of these recipes that use convenience products, but don’t write it off just yet.  This really is a moist and delicious little cake—and you know I will use cake mixes without qualms.  They can be quite good, especially when you add in extra stuff!

Mix together the cake mix, pudding, water and oil.

Then the eggs, beating in one at a time.

Then stir through the poppy seeds.

Pour the batter evenly into 2 greased loaf pans.

They’ll be about half full, but will puff up in the oven.

Bake in a 350* oven for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

A quick and delicious cake.   Lemony, moist and crunchy with the poppy seeds.  Best of all, you can freeze one of them and eat it the next time you get a craving.

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Nana and Aunt Marg’s Poppy Seed Cake

1 package yellow cake mix

1 cup water

1/2 cup vegetable oil

4 eggs

5 Tbsp poppy seeds

1 package instant lemon pudding

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Preheat oven to 350*.  Grease 2 loaf pans and set aside.

Mix together the cake mix, pudding, oil and water.  Beat in one egg at a time.  Stir in the poppy seeds.

Bake for approximately 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

 

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