Pour boiling water over the raisins for 10 minutes. Drain the water and add the rum.
Mix it.
In a separate saucepan, mix the poppy seeds and sugar.
Add 250 ml of boiling water. Put on the fire and, stirring constantly, cook until the sugar is completely dissolved. (3-5 minutes).
Remove from the heat.
In a separate saucepan, mix the milk and semolina.
Put it on the fire and, stirring constantly, cook the semolina porridge.
(pudding consistency). Add the butter. Mix well.
In a bowl, mix semolina, poppy seed filling and raisins with rum. Stir and leave to cool. When the filling is completely cooled, add the egg and mix well.
In the bowl of a mixer, whisk the butter and sugar and, without stopping whipping, add the egg. Add flour with baking powder and lemon zest.
Put the dough in a baking dish (40×40). It is better to lubricate the form with oil, do not cover it with paper. The dough turns out sticky and very naughty.
I could not distribute the dough with a spatula over the entire surface of the mold. Wet hands are more useful here.
Put the filling on the dough.
In a separate bowl, sprinkle with crumbs.
Sprinkle the poppy seed filling with crumbs.
Bake in a preheated 180°C oven for 55-60 minutes.
Cool the finished cake completely and cut into pieces.