Best Jewish Honey Cake Food

JEWISH HONEY CAKE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and line the base and sides of a 20cm square baking tin. Warm the oil, golden syrup, honey and sugar in a small pan to dissolve the sugar. Stir to combine, then leave to cool. Add the tea and beaten eggs.
• Lightly whisk the flour, baking powder, spices and a pinch of salt in a large bowl to combine. Make a well in the dry ingredients and mix in the wet ingredients, using a whisk or wooden spoon, until combined and lump-free.
• Pour the batter into the lined tin and sprinkle with the almonds, if you like. Bake for 50-55 mins, until the cake springs back when gently pressed and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Don't open the oven for the first 45 mins of baking.
• Leave to cool completely in the tin on a wire rack. Wrap well and keep for three to four days before eating, so the flavour can improve. Cut into nine squares to serve.

JEWISH HONEY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
• Place the eggs, lemon juice, lemon rind, oil, honey and coffee in a bowl of an electric mixer.
• Mix on low speed until well blended.
• In a separate bowl combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cream of tartar, sugar and cinnamon with a fork until mixed.
• Gradually add the flour mixture to the eggs mixture, mixing for about 5 minutes or until well blended.
• Fold in the slivered almonds.
• Pour the batter into the tube pan.
• Bake in the oven for 50 minutes to 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.

HONEY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 inch round or 8 x 8 baking pan. Line with wax paper. Set aside.
• In medium bowl or with electric mixer, beat sugar, egg yolks and honey until well beaten and combined.
• In a separate bowl, sift together, flour, baking power, baking soda and spices. Alternately add flour mix and coffee to egg and sugar mixture. Stir until well combined. Add in nuts.
• Pour batter into baking pan. Bake for one hour or until a tooth pick inserted into center of cake comes out clean.
• Cool on wire rack. Dust with confectioner's sugar before serving.

HONEY CAKE (LEKACH)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 225 degrees F with a rack in the middle of the oven. Grease and flour or line with parchment paper two 8 1/2- by 4 1/2-inch loaf pans.
• In the bowl of a mixer, combine the brown sugar, salt, eggs, oil, honey, cinnamon, cloves and allspice and mix, using the flat (paddle) beater at low-medium speed until well blended, 6 to 7 minutes. Add the water and baking soda and continue mixing until blended.
• Add the flour 1 cup at a time, letting each addition blend before adding the next. Continue beating for about 10 minutes. The batter will be loose, stringy and very, very sticky.
• Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pans, top with nuts and/or fruit, if desired.
• Bake 2 to 2 1/2 hours or until done.
• Remove to a rack and let cool for 10 to 15 minutes before turning the cakes out of the pans.

BOURBON HONEY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Brush a 9-inch angel food cake pan with a nonremovable bottom with oil, line the bottom with parchment paper, then oil and flour the pan.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix the oil, granulated sugar, honey, brown sugar, eggs, orange zest, and vanilla on medium speed for one minute. In another bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, cloves, allspice, and ginger and blend. Combine the coffee, orange juice, and bourbon in a 2-cup glass measuring cup. With the mixer on low, alternately add the flour and liquid mixtures to the oil-sugar mixture in thirds, beginning and ending with flour, until combined. Scrape down the bowl with a rubber spatula. Don't worry; the batter will be very liquid!
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Rap the pan 5 times on the counter to get rid of any bubbles in the batter. Sprinkle the top with the almonds. Bake in the center of the oven for 40 to 45 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool completely, then remove from the pan and place almond side up on a flat serving plate. Serve at room temperature.

THE BEST HONEY BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Set oven to 325 degrees.
• Set oven rack to middle position.
• Grease a Bundt pan.
• In a bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, ginger, allspice and salt; set aside.
• In a small saucepan bring honey JUST to a boil; remove from heat, and stir in tea and grated lemon peel; set pan aside and cool slightly.
• In a bowl, beat eggs for about 5 minutes, or until thick, pale and frothy.
• Beat in oil and vanilla or brandy (if using).
• Beat in sugar 2 tablespoons at a time until well blended.
• Alternately fold in flour and honey mixture (batter will be fairly thin).
• Add/fold in raisins.
• Pour batter into prepared Bundt pan.
• Bake in center oven for 60-70 mins, or until cake tests done.
• To make glaze: in a small bowl, whisk together, 1/2 cup icing sugar and 4 tsp fresh lemon juice to make a glaze, drizzle over cake.

MOIST HOLIDAY HONEYCAKE

Steps:

• Place an oven shelf in an upper position in oven, and preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 10-inch fluted tube pan (such as a Bundt® pan) with cooking spray.
• In a bowl, whisk together the unbleached flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg until thoroughly combined. In a separate large bowl, whisk together the canola oil, honey, white and brown sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, coffee, orange juice, and whiskey. With an electric mixer, beat the flour mixture into the honey mixture just until the batter is thoroughly incorporated. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake on upper shelf in the preheated oven until the cake is golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out with moist crumbs, about 1 hour. Cool for 20 minutes in the pan before turning the cake out onto a serving platter.