Directions

• Start off by boiling water in a kettle, with boiled water cover the raisins. Let them stand until ready to use.
• Put poppy seeds into a sheet of paper towel and into a bowl, pour boiled water in the small bowl, let it stand.
• Chop or put 3/4 of a cup of walnuts through a food processor.

• Preheat your oven to 350F.
• Whisk 1 large egg in a bowl. (you can use mixer for this) Add in 1/2 cup of sugar, whisk for another minute.
• Add in 1/2 cup of sour cream, and 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda. Mix well.

• Sift into the bowl, 3/4 cup of flour and 1 Tablespoon of starch. Mix.

• Add in 3/4 crushed walnuts.  Transfer to a cake form, don’t forget to spray the form from having the cake stick to it.  Put in oven for 20 minutes.
• For the poppy seed layer, follow the same instructions just get all the water out of the poppy seeds. You can do that by picking up the paper towel. Add to the cake batter instead of walnuts.
• For the raisins layer, also drain the water and add instead of walnuts. Otherwise the recipe for each layer stays the same.

• After taking layers from the oven, let them cool down. Cut horizontally in the center.

Make the cream

• In  a mixing bowl, beat 2 sticks of softened unsalted butter. (Until smooth.)
• Add in 1 can of unsweetened condensed milk. Beat until starts to thicken.

Put the cake together!

• In a small shallow bowl, add one cup of water and 1 teaspoon of sugar. This is to make the layers more moist. The whole cup of water should be enough for all the layers, meaning don’t need to0 much on each layer, just mostly around the edges.
• Pour a bit of the sugar water mix on each layer, before you spread the cream.

• You can decorate however your heart desires. I chose to make a chocolate glaze. (3 Tablespoons of unsalted butter, and 2 Tablespoons of milk. Put in the microwave for 45 seconds. Immediately stir in 2 Tablespoons of chocolate chips.)  Oh chocolate chips! If you are ever in Vancouver, BC Canada hop into Mink Chocolate Cafe. They make their own chocolate there and they sell milk or dark chocolate chips, seriously you will not find a better tasting chocolate chip.

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Three Kings Cake

The layers are all the same ingredients, except for each layer you put in a different flavor.

Servings: 6

Ingredients

Walnuts layer

• 1 Large Egg
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup sour cream or Greek yogurt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 cup unbleached flour
• 1 Tablespoon starch
• 3/4 cup crushed walnuts

Poppy seed layer

• 1 Large Egg
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup sour cream or Greek yogurt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 cup unbleached flour
• 1 Tablespoon starch
• 1/2 cup poppy seeds

Raisin Layer

• 1 Large Egg
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup sour cream or Greek yogurt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 cup unbleached flour
• 1 Tablespoon starch
• 1/2 cup raisins dark or light

Cream

• 1 can of sweetened condensed milk
• 1 cup unsalted and softened butter 2 sticks

Instructions

• Start off by boiling water in a kettle, with boiled water cover the raisins. Let them stand until ready to use.
• Put poppy seeds into a sheet of paper towel and into a bowl, pour boiled water in the small bowl, let it stand.
• Chop or put 3/4 of a cup of walnuts through a food processor.
• Preheat your oven to 350F.
• Whisk 1 large egg in a bowl. (you can use mixer for this) Add in 1/2 cup of sugar, whisk for another minute.
• Add in 1/2 cup of sour cream, and 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda. Mix well.
• For the poppy seed layer, follow the same instructions just get all the water out of the poppy seeds. You can do that by picking up the paper towel. Add to the cake batter instead of walnuts.
  
• For the raisins layer, also drain the water and add instead of walnuts. Otherwise the recipe for each layer stays the same.
• After taking layers from the oven, let them cool down. Cut horizontally in the center.
• Make the cream: In a mixing bowl, beat 2 sticks of softened unsalted butter. (until smooth).
• Add in 1 can of unsweetened condensed milk. Beat until starts to thicken.
• Put the cake together: In a small shallow bowl, add one cup of water and 1 teaspoon of sugar. This is to make the layers more moist. The whole cup of water should be enough for all the layers, meaning don’t need too much on each layer, just mostly around the edges.
• Pour a bit of the sugar water mix on each layer, before you spread the cream.
• You can decorate however your heart desires. I choose to make a chocolate glaze. (3 Tablespoons of unsalted butter, and 2 Tablespoons of milk. Put in the microwave for 45 seconds. Immediately stir in 2 Tablespoons of chocolate chips).