However, this unassuming poppy seed roll can be quite time-consuming to prepare. Fortunately, there's a recipe that will save you time and make you fall in love with baking poppy seed cake all ...

Leave about two inches between each sausage roll on your baking tray. Repeat with the other rectangle of pastry. Brush some beaten egg on the top of each roll and sprinkle with poppy seeds.

The cake was inspired by the poppy seed rolls — called makivnyk — Simkhovich grew up eating and fits into her mission to bring Slavic and Eastern European cuisine to New Orleans food lovers.