Poppy Seed Cake

PIE CRUST
2 cups sugar
1 cup oil
3 large eggs cup margarine and/or butter
1 teas vanilla cup boiling water
1 teas almond extract 1 TB milk
3 cups flour -1 teas salt
2 TB poppy seeds
2 teas sugar
1 teas baking flour
teas salt 2 cups flour
1 cups milk
1. Mix margarine/butter, water and milk
1. Grease a 12 cup bundt pan, sprinkle with together.
crushed crackers or beschuit. If you dont have a 2. Add salt, sugar and flour. Mix well. It is
bundt pan use a couple loaf pans.
easiest to knead it for a minute.
2. Combine sugar, oil, eggs, vanilla and almond
extract. Mix well. 3. Sprinkle flour on a flat surface, take a chunk
3. Mix flour, poppy seeds, baking powder and of dough and roll it out with a rolling pin. If you
salt together. dont have a rolling pin a large plastic soda
4. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk into bottle (filled with water or soda) will do.
the sugar/oil mixture. Beginning and ending 4. Roll from the middle outwards, and flip the
with the flour. dough over occasionally. Sprinkle with more
350 F Bake for 45-50 minutes flour as necessary.
5. Line pie pan.
Almond flavouring is available in some stores in 6. The rest of the dough is for the top.
the Netherlands. Almond extract can be bought
in the U.S. (ask your Mom). This recipe makes 1 pie with top and bottom,
Otherwise ground almonds (almandelmeel) can or two bottoms.
be substituted for the extract; use to 1 cup.