Honey cake

15 INGREDIENTS • 6 STEPS • 35MIN

Honey cake

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Serve up a delicious honey cake for Rosh Hashanah. This tasty treat is guaranteed to wow.
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Serve up a delicious honey cake for Rosh Hashanah. This tasty treat is guaranteed to wow.
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Victoria Prever
Victoria Prever is the food editor at The Jewish Chronicle, having left a legal career to train as a professional chef at Leith's School of Food and Wine. She's also a freelance food writer, cookery teacher and food consultant.
https://www.thejc.com/lets-eat

35MIN

Total time

Ingredients

Servings
12
220 g
M&S Remarksable Value plain flour
1 tsp
baking powder
1/2 tsp
bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp
ground cinnamon
1 tsp
ground ginger
1 pinch
ground allspice
optional
125 ml
vegetable oil
85 ml
M&S pure honey
85 ml
golden syrup
75 g
caster sugar
50 g
soft dark brown sugar
or light brown sugar
125 ml
freshly brewed M&S Fairtade gold instant coffee
warm but not boiling
or strong tea
2
M&S large free-range eggs, beaten
80 ml
M&S squeezed smooth orange juice
1 handful
flaked almonds
to decorate
optional

Nutrition per serving

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Calories
253kcal
Fat
9.8 g
Saturates
7.9 g
Sugars
27.1 g
Salt
93.4 mg
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https://www.thejc.com/lets-eat

Method

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step 1
Preheat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan and line 2 loaf tins (21cm x 11cm) with parchment.
step 2
In a large bowl, whisk the flour (220 g), baking powder (1 tsp), bicarbonate of soda (1/2 tsp), cinnamon (1 tsp), ginger (1 tsp) and allspice (1 pinch) along with a pinch of salt.
step 3
In another bowl or large measuring jug, mix together the oil (125 ml), honey (85 ml), syrup (85 ml), caster sugar (75 g), brown sugar (50 g) and coffee (125 ml). Stir to dissolve the sugars and to combine everything, then stir in the beaten eggs (2) and juice (80 ml).
step 4
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, whisking as you go. Stop whisking as soon as they’re combined, with no floury lumps, then divide the mixture equally between the two tins. Sprinkle with almonds (1 handful), if using.
step 5
Bake for 30-35 minutes, until the cakes spring back when gently pressed – the centres will firm up last, so press lightly on the edges. Make sure they’re cooked through, but be careful not to overbake, or they will be dry.
step 6
Cool the cakes in the tins on a wire rack. Once fully cooled, remove from the tins. You can eat them on the day, but the flavours will be even better if you wrap the cakes in baking parchment or foil and cling film, then store for 3 days or more.
step 6 Cool the cakes in the tins on a wire rack. Once fully cooled, remove from the tins. You can eat them on the day, but the flavours will be even better if you wrap the cakes in baking parchment or foil and cling film, then store for 3 days or more.

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