Amish Onion Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 3 -4 medium onions, chopped
• 2 cups cold butter or 2 cups margarine, divided
• 1 tablespoon poppy seed
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons paprika
• 1 teaspoon fresh coarse ground black pepper
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 5 eggs
• 3/4 cup milk
• 3/4 cup sour cream

Recipe

• 1 in a large skillet, cook onions in 1/2 cup butter over low heat for 10 minutes.
• 2 stir in the poppy seeds, salt, paprika and pepper; cook until golden brown, stirring occasionally.
• 3 remove from the heat; set aside.
• 4 in a bowl, combine the flour, cornstarch, baking powder and sugars.
• 5 cut in 1-1/4 cups butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• 6 melt the remaining butter.
• 7 in a bowl, whisk the eggs, milk, sour cream and melted butter.
• 8 make a well in dry ingredients; stir in egg mixture just until moistened.
• 9 spread into a greased 10-inch springform pan.
• 10 spoon onion mixture over the dough.
• 11 place pan on a baking sheet.
• 12 bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• 13 serve warm.