Poppy Seed Tea Cake With Cardamom Streusel

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Dairy, Grains			10	Servings

INGREDIENTS

6	T	Sugar
6	T	All purpose flour
1/4	c	Unsalted butter, 1/2
		stick melted
3/4	t	Ground cardamom
1/2	t	Ground cinnamon
2 1/3	c	Cake flour
1 1/2	t	Baking powder
1	t	Baking soda
3/4	t	Ground cardamom
1/4	t	Salt
11	T	Unsalted butter, room
		temperature
1	c	Sugar, plus 2 tablespoons
2		Eggs
1	c	Sour cream
1/4	c	Orange juice
2	t	Grated orange peel
1	t	Vanilla extract
1/3	c	Poppy seeds, about 2
		ounces

INSTRUCTIONS

For Streusel: Mix all ingredients into small bowl until moist clumps
form.  For Cake: Preheat oven to 350Ã¸. Butter and flour 12 cup angel
food  cake pan with removable bottom. Sift first 5 ingredients twice
into  medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat butter and sugar in large
bowl until well blended. Beat in eggs 1 at a time. Mix in sour cream,
juice, peel and vanilla. Beat in dry ingredients to blend. Mix in
poppy seeds. Transfer batter to prepared pan (batter will fill less
than half of pan).  Bake cake 25 minutes. Sprinkle streusel over top of
cake. Continue to  bake until tester inserted near center comes out
clean, about 20  minutes. Cool in pan on rack. Using small knife, cut
around sides of  pan and center tube to loosen cake. Push cake up. Cut
cake free from  pan bottom. Transfer cake to platter.  Printed in Bon
Appetit April 1998  Recipe by: Elizabeth Ellis  Posted to MC-Recipe
Digest by Carriej999 <Carriej999@aol.com> on Apr  3, 1998

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 485 Calories From Fat: 215 Total Fat: 24.5g Cholesterol: 96.4mg Sodium: 311mg Potassium: 184.2mg Carbohydrates: 60.5g Fiber: 1.3g Sugar: 30.8g Protein: 6.8g