If you have ever been a guest in my parents home you have had poppy seed cake. Poppy seed cake is my Mom’s go-to dessert, and has been my whole life. The smell of the sherry cooking in the cake batter is the ultimate smell of home for me. I once had a friend say, “Whenever I think of your parent’s house I think of poppy seed cake and jarlsberg cheese” (clearly in my pre-vegan days). My parents have moved to a mostly vegan diet and my Mom asked me to create a vegan version of poppy seed cake for her. The original recipe uses cake mix and a lot of eggs. It took me several tries, but I’ve come up with a vegan poppy seed cake that is as delicious as the original.
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