Ali's here with a special handwritten recipe of 'honey cake' that was either written by her or her mum back in the day. She found the note in between the pages of a very old book of recipes.
"Either way it’s a very stained book! It’s so old I had to convert the measurements" Ali said.
The note said nice for a Devonshire tea with a bit of cream. Our house has been consuming the cake with a cup of tea
And after discovering that she had quite a bit of honey left in the pantry, she baked this simple and delicious honey cake from the handwritten recipe.
Ingredients
- 250g of honey
- 225g of butter
- 100g of soft brown sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 300g of self-raising flour
Method
- Preheat oven to a fan 140C or conventional 160C.
- Prepare a 20cm round loose bottom cake tin.
- Cut the butter and put it in a medium saucepan with honey and sugar. Let it all melt over low heat and stir occasionally with a wooden spoon until it's quite liquid.
- Bring to boil for a minute
- Take off heat and leave to cool for about 20 minutes. (The reason you let it cool is to avoid the eggs from getting cooked when you add them).
- Next, in a bowl, whisk the three eggs. Sift the flour into the bowl and then add the honey mixture too. Beat until a smooth batter.
- Pour into the cake tin and bake 50 minutes to an hour until golden and a skewer pushed in comes out clean.
- Warm 2 Tbsp of honey and brush it over the top of the cake for a nice sticky glaze
To store: Keep it in an airtight tin, once cool.
If you got marrows lying around in the pantry for a while, there's Ali's Marrow Cake recipe to try.
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