Poppy Seed Coffee Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
4 egg yolks
4 egg whites, stiffly beaten
1 teaspoon almond extract
2 ounces poppy seeds
1 cup buttermilk
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

Preparation

Cream butter, sugar and egg yolks. Soak poppy seeds in buttermilk. Sift dry ingredients ( flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt). Alternately add buttermilk and dry ingredients to the creamed mixture. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites flavored with almond. In a small bowl, combine 1/2 cup sugar, 1 Tblsp. cinnamon. Pour half the cake batter into a greased tube pan. Cover with part of the cinnamon sugar mixture. Pour in remaining cake batter and sprinkle with remaining cinnamon sugar mixture. Bake for 1 hour at 350*.