|
|
Post by mlynn on Sept 30, 2015 3:07:32 GMT
I need to make a poppy seed cake for a friend's birthday. She gave me grandma's recipe, which calls for half a box of poppy seeds. Do any of y'all peas have a clue how much is in a box? I have seen 1.25 ounce jars, 1 pound bags, 5 pound bags, etc. Never any boxes. Help!
|
|
akathy
What's For Dinner?
Still peaing from Podunk!
Posts: 4,546
Location: North Dakota
Jun 25, 2014 22:56:55 GMT
|
Post by akathy on Sept 30, 2015 3:12:49 GMT
My recipe calls for 1/4 cup of poppy seeds.
|
|
oaksong
Drama Llama
Posts: 6,167 
Location: LA Suburbia
Site Supporter
Jun 27, 2014 6:24:29 GMT
|
Post by oaksong on Sept 30, 2015 3:13:43 GMT
I would look at a similar recipe online to judge what to use. Who knows how much was in a box 50 years ago? I have some old recipes like that too.
If you have a restaurant supply nearby, like Smart and Final, that's a great place to buy spices at very reasonable prices. I have a big container of poppy seeds, and I keep them in the freezer so they stay fresh.
|
|
PLurker
Prolific Pea
Posts: 9,890
Location: Behind the Cheddar Curtain
Jun 28, 2014 3:48:49 GMT
|
Post by PLurker on Sept 30, 2015 3:13:57 GMT
I've only made it with this>>><<<recipe on label and delicious!
Thanks, now guess what I "need" to make.
|
|
|
|
Post by mama2three on Sept 30, 2015 3:22:41 GMT
I've only made it with this>>> View Attachment<<<recipe on label and delicious! Thanks, now guess what I "need" to make. I adore poppyseed, but it can be tricky to cook with if you're starting with dry unground poppyseed. I have made both my grandmas old recipe that uses a box of ground poppyseed and the one on the label of the canned poppyseed. The one on the can label gets rave reviews every time, and I could eat the entire thing, thank you very much. |
|
PLurker
Prolific Pea
Posts: 9,890
Location: Behind the Cheddar Curtain
Jun 28, 2014 3:48:49 GMT
|
Post by PLurker on Sept 30, 2015 3:43:15 GMT
mama2three You aren't the only one. My DS has requested and helped make and devoured most of that cake since he was small. But off topic a bit, we aren't the only ones (humans) who love it. I made poppy seed cake once a long time ago and at the time had 2 cats, mother and daughter. Mom only ate cat food and tuna and "regular" cat stuff. Daughter we called "junk food kitty". She loved Doritos and would pull your hand toward her if you were holding one. But they were well behaved and stayed on floor and never jumped on tables, counters etc. Anyway, something told me after cake was done to let it cool up high so I put it on top of refrigerator. Later I got it down, and it was cooked in an angel food cake pan, but the hole in the center had grown three times it normal size that day! Yep, someone in the house had eaten around the center. I went to "yell" at daughter kitty but then decided it could be the other cat... it is that good! So I offered mama kitty a little piece. She looked at me like, what the heck would I want that for? Tuna please! Then the junk food kitty... offered her a bit and she meowed loudly with excitement and pulled my hand toward her and gulped it down. Busted! She wanted it that bad that she made her way to the top of the refrigerator!
|
|
|
|
Post by Scrapbrat on Sept 30, 2015 11:45:00 GMT
This is an interesting question. I've actually researched poppy seed cake recipes recently, because I want to make one for a friend at work on his birthday, and he had mentioned that it was his favorite type of cake. There seem to be two types of recipes -- those that just use a small amount of poppy seeds (like 1/4 cup) and those that use a lot (like 1 cup or more). You don't really get a lot of the nutty poppy seed taste with the "1/4 cup" type recipes, but they look pretty in the cake. Considering that this recipe is from your grandma, and therefore (I'm assuming) fairly old, I would guess that it's a "1 cup" type of recipe. But I agree with the suggestion to look at a few recipes online. Compare the amounts of flour, sugar, and other ingredients in your recipe, and see the amount of poppy seeds that those recipes use.
|
|
