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Dutch Honey Cake

Here's how you make Dutch Honey Cake
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  • Servings: 6
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 50m
    • The following recipe serves 6 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/16 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 7 tablespoons honey
  • 2 tablespoons molasses
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 2 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 1/4 cup black tea ,strong
  • 1/4 cup demerara sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ginger, freshly grated
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground aniseed
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, freshly grated
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Preheat the oven to 325°F.

  • Step 2: Lightly butter and flour pam spray a 24 x 10cm / 9 1/2 x 4″ cake pan and line it with parchment paper.(she had bread pan)

  • Step 3: In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients not spices though

  • Step 4: Melt the butter in a saucepan

  • Step 5: Add spices

  • Step 6: Let it cool for a few minutes and add the honey, molasses, milk, eggs, tea, sugar, to the warm pan.

  • Step 7: Whisk well, stir into the bowl with the dry mixture

  • Step 8: Mix with an electric mixer until well combined.

  • Step 9: The dough will be quite liquid.

  • Step 10: Scrape the dough into the lined cake pan and bake in the oven for about 45 minutes or until the cake is done.

  • Step 11: Check with a toothpick it should come out clean.

  • Step 12: Let the cake cool for about 10 minutes before you take it out of the pan.

  • Step 13: Keep the cake wrapped in paper and cling wrap to keep its moisture.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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