Do you have a good Honey Cake Recipe that actually has, and I know this might be contraversial ..

[Twiglett]

honey in the farkin' ingredients list

(can only find one with golden syrup fgs and I have some slovenian honey I wanna use up)

eye thang ewe

I've got carrot, honey and sultana cake if thats any good for you?

Might not be quite what you want, but I'll past e it anyway!

carrot, honey & sultana cake

oil for greasing
3 carrots (200g/7oz before peeling)
150ml (1/4 pint) sunflower oil
3 eggs
125g / 4oz thick set or runny honey
50g 2 oz light muscovado sugar
200g / 7oz wholemeal self raising flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
100g 3 1/2 oz sultanas

TO FINISH:
100g 3.5 oz butter at room temp
200g 7 oz icing sugar
smarties to decorate

• set oven to 180 / 350 / GM 4

• Brush the tin (small roasting tin - mine is 7 x 11 inches and about 1.5inches deep) with a little oil, line the base with greasproof paper and brush this lightly with a little oil.

• peel then grate teh carrots

• put the oil, eggs, honey and sugar into bown and mix together using fork or whisk

• Add the flour and baking powder nad mix well then stir in the grated carrots and the sultanas.

• Pour the cake mixture into the lined tin and smooth flat

• Bake for 20-25 mins until it is well risen and golden brown and the top springs back when lightly pressed

• Leave to cool in tin for 10 mins then loosen sides with a round bladed knife and turn out onto a wire rack to coolc ompletely

FROSTING

• Put teh butter in a bowl then gradually add the icing sugar to make soft spreadable icing ---- the recipe I have actually adds the grated rind of an orange and some of the juice, but I found it was too many flavours, better with a plain buttercream

• spread icing over the cake and decorate with smarties (or sultanas!)

rose recipe here www.astray.com/recipes/?show=Individual%20lekach

she calls them lekach (they are traditionally made for Jewish New Year)

should read - evelyn rose recipe

thanks to you both

I think I'll try the lekach ones for the moment because I've got a carrot cake in the tin already (but I'll save that one cos it looks yum)

you can substitute honey for golden syrup in any recipe

flapjack is a good one

Google 'Jewish honey cake' and you'll get loads of authentic recipes that include honey;

Honey Loaf

Oh!

Hun cake!

Lovely!

xxx

here i add 2 tsps of ginger aswell.

Made this and it was delicious.

www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/sep/13/foodanddrink.recipe

It was honey cake by Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall.

the wholemeal one?

Yes think it was wholemeal but I made it with refined flour. It was great. Have you made it NA?

i made the devonshire one but it sunk in the middle a bit. i think cos i took it out the oven too soon.

The same happened with mine. The middle fell out actually, so I called it a ring honey cake

must be something to do with the honey then.