1/2 cup shortening
1 cup milk
2 1/2 cup cake flour
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 tsp. Baking powder
½ cup poppy seeds
¾ tsp. Salt
3 egg whites
1 1/2 cup sugar

Cream shortening; add sugar. Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with milk; add vanilla; beat 2 minutes. Add poppy seed and mix
well. Fold in beaten egg whites. Pour into 2 greased and lined 8- inch layer cake pans. Bake for 30 min at 350 degrees.