Name: Honey Cake
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 60 min
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cup plus 2 tbsp plain flour/all purpose flour/maida; 1 cup honey; 1 cup butter/refined oil; 1 cup powdered sugar; 2 tsp baking powder; 6 egg; 2 tsp vanilla essence; 1/2 cup cream/whole milk; 2 - 3 drops lemon yellow colour (optional)

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Honey is a versatile ingredient which is used as a healthy alternative to sugar and also in various health concoctions like the morning lemon-honey mix with hot water,crushed with Tulsi (holy Basil leaves) for longevity and sore throat cure or with a pinch of black pepper for again a sore throat cure. It is also used in preparations like salads,curries and desserts.This Honey Cake was made for a formal party and was the cynosure of all eyes.I served it with coffee and overall it was a winner!

Prep Time 40

Cook Time 20

Total Time 1

Served AsDesserts

CuisineDesserts

Servings

Ingredients

Instructions

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Preheat oven to 200°C.Prepare an angel cake pan,a bundt pan or any cake pan (of similar volume) you like.
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Take butter/oil and sugar in a large bowl and beat with an electric beater till smooth and creamy.Add honey and beat for 5 minutes.Add eggs beating well after each addition.
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The mixture would initially be a little "tight" but will normalise after the addition of the 4th egg.Add the vanilla essence and colour (if using) and mix well.
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Sift flour and baking powder in a bowl.Add 2 tbsp at a time to the honey-egg mixture and beat with the electric beater until all the flour is used up.
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Pour into the prepared cake pan and thump on the kitchen countertop to remove any excess air from inside.Transfer to the oven and reduce heat to 180°C.Bake for 20 - 25 minutes till risen and with a beautiful dark brown top.
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A skewer inserted in the centre should come out clean.
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Cool for 30 minutes inside the pan and take out on a plate.Cool to room temperature and slice to make approximately 20 portions.Store in an airtight glass container.Serve with tea or coffee.

Notes

NOTE : I have served it plain but if you want you can either drizzle the top with honey or make a glaze of honey and lemon juice or honey,milk and vanilla essence and pour on top.Either ways delicious!

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