Bryce told me I need to put this recipe on the blog. I tried to find it at Taste of Home again, and it didn't come up in the search. It took me a bit of searching to find the one I printed off last time I made this dessert. So I'm putting the recipe here. My family loves these. I even just mix it up with a bowl and spoon, or a dough whisk, or other whisk (it depends on what's handy). :) And it's me . . . so I don't add the salt in this recipe. I usually frost it with a purchased can of cream cheese frosting. Other tip: if you measure the dry ingredients first, you don't have to wash and dry the measuring spoon(s) to use for the extracts.
2 1/4 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups milk
1 cup canola oil
1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 teaspoons butter flavoring (or additional vanilla extract)
3 cups all-purpose flour
4 1/2 teaspoons poppy seeds
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
In a bowl, beat the eggs, sugar, milk, oil, extracts, and butter flavoring. In another bowl, combine the flour, poppy seeds, baking powder and salt; add to the egg mixture and mix just until combined. Spread into a greased 15x10x1 inch baking pan.
Bake at 350° for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. (I don't know why this recipe says is will cook in 20 minutes. It takes my oven almost 40 minutes. This last time I did check it about every 5 minutes after the initial 20 minutes and took it out of the oven at 39 minutes.)
Frost bars. (I use purchased cream cheese frosting).