Honey Cake

Honey Cake
  • Author: James Martin

This delightful honey cake is a moist and tender treat perfect for any occasion. The sweet aroma of honey fills the kitchen as the cake bakes to golden perfection. Topped with a drizzle of honey icing, this simple yet elegant cake is sure to impress your friends and family.

— Constant Cookbook

Ingredients

  • 170g/6oz clear honey
  • 140g/5oz butter
  • 85g/3oz light muscovado sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 200g/7oz self raising flour
  • water
  • 55g/2oz icing sugar
  • 1 tbsp clear honey
  • hot water

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 180C/350F/Gas 3 and butter and line the bottom of a 7in/18cm cake tin.
  • Measure the honey, butter and sugar into a large pan. Add a tablespoon of water and heat gently until melted.
  • Remove from the heat and mix in the eggs and flour.
  • Spoon into the cake tin and bake for 40-45 minutes until the cake is springy to the touch and shrinking slightly from the sides of the tin.
  • Cool slightly in the tin before turning out onto a wire rack.
  • While the cake is still warm, make the icing by mixing the sugar and honey together with 2-3 teaspoons of hot water. Trickle over the cake in whatever design takes your fancy.

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Cook Time

1H

Prep Time

PT30M

Yield

Serves 8