Jewish Honey Cake: Test 3

Source

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/219008/moist-holiday-honeycake/

Total time: 1 1/2 hours

Yield: 2 9″ x 5″ loaves or 1 12-cup bundt cake

Equipment

12-cup bundt pan or two 13″ x 9″ loaf pans
PAM baking spray
Large bowl
Whisk
Medium bowl

Ingredients

3½ cups all-purpose flour
1 Tbsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
4 tsps ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp ground allspice
1 cup corn oil
1 cup honey
1½ cups granulated sugar
½ cup brown sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Juice of one orange diluted to 1/2 cup
2 Tbsps instant espresso
1 cup boiling water

Procedure

1. I preheated the oven 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. In a large bowl, the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, allspice and cloves were sifted together.
3. I prepared my coffee by mixing the espresso powder with 1 cup of boiling water. I still think this is a better option than normal coffee or even fresh brewed espresso because the powdered espresso lacks the acidity of the fresh coffee options.
4. In a separate bowl, I mixed together the oil, honey, sugars, eggs, vanilla, coffee, and orange juice.
5. The wet mixture was added to the dry, mixing slowly from the center to incorporate the flour without lumps. This resulted in quite a thin batter. Do not let this scare you, it’s completely fine.
6. I chose to use 2 loaf pans but a bunt cake pan would work well here as well. I greased my load pans with PAM baking spray and divided the batter between the two pans evenly.
7. The cakes were baked for roughly 60 minutes and checked with a knife to make sure the center was done baking. The knife should come out clean and the cake should not be overly wiggly.
8. (Optional) In previous tests I found that the cake had a crust I didn’t care for. This was easily fixed by allowing the cake to sit in a sealed container while cooling.

Results

This was the best result. It had all the elements I wanted. It was deeply spiced and rich. The honey still came through though and the whole cake was moist, lovely, and surprisingly delicate.

Notebook

Honey Jewish Cake