Recipe - Best Citrus Poppy Seed Cake

One half cup Butter
1 cup Sugar
3 Eggs
1 ds Salt
1 cup Allpurpose flour
Three fourths cup Chocolateflavored syrup;
canned
2 teaspoon Vanilla extract
Three fourths cup Chopped walnuts or pecans
Pecans or walnuts for
garnish

1. In a bowl, cream together butter, sugar and eggs until very creamy and
well blended.

2. Add salt.

3. Stir in flour, mixing to blend well.

4. Add chocolate syrup, vanilla and chopped nuts.

5. Turn mixture into well greased and lightly floured 9inch square pan.
Smooth top.

6. Bake at 350 degrees for about 35 minutes or until a stick inserted near
center comes out clean.

7. Cool in pan on wire rack but loosed cake at edges.

8. Cut into squares. Garnish with pecan or walnut halves or dust with
powdered sugar.

FROM "GREAT AMERICAN RECIPES"

From a collection of my mother's (Judy Hosey) recipe box which contained
lots of her favorite recipes, clippings, etc. Downloaded from Glen's MM
Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.