Poppy Seed Cake

1 cup ground poppy seeds

1 cup milk OR 1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice

1 cup butter/margarine softened

2 cups sugar

3 eggs, separated

2 cups SR flour

1/2 tsp. salt

2 tsp. vanilla extract

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 

Mix all ingredients together in an electric mixer.

Grease a large loaf pan with butter or margarine. 

Bake approximately 1 hour. If it springs back when touched with a finger and if a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, the cake is ready. Invert it over a rack to cool.