HONEY CAKES - LEBKUCHEN
Source of Recipe
Mark
List of Ingredients
3 cups flour
� teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
� teaspoon allspice
� teaspoon nutmeg
� teaspoon cloves
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
� cup honey
� Cup (about 4 ounces) unblanched almonds, finely chopped
2 Ounces candied orange peel (about 1/3 cup, chopped)
2 Ounces candied lemon peel (about 1/3 cup, chopped)
1/3 cup sifted powdered sugar
1 Tablespoon water
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Recipe
Grease a 15�-inch x10�-inch x 1-inch pan.
Stir together and set aside: 3 cups flour � teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon cinnamon � teaspoon allspice � teaspoon nutmeg � teaspoon cloves. Beat until thick and piled softly: 2 eggs 1 cup sugar Beat in: � cup honey
Gently fold in the dry ingredients in fourths. Mix in the almonds and candied peel. Turn batter into pan, spreading to corner.
Bake at 350� 25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden pick or cake tester comes out clean when inserted in center. Set pan on cooling rack.
Meanwhile, blend together: 1/3 cup sifted powdered sugar 1 tablespoon water 1 teaspoon lemon juice
When Lebkuchen is slightly cooled, cut edges into 8-x8-inch bars. Spread mixture evenly over top of hot Lebkuchen and cut into 1�-inch by 1�-inch bars. Remove to cooling rack. When cooled cut from cut edge to cut edge.
Makes 5 dozen
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