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HONEY CAKES - LEBKUCHEN




Source of Recipe


Mark


List of Ingredients




3 cups flour
¼ teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon allspice
½ teaspoon nutmeg
½ teaspoon cloves
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
½ cup honey
¾ 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 15½-inch x10½-inch x 1-inch pan.

Stir together and set aside: 3 cups flour ¼ teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon cinnamon ½ teaspoon allspice ½ teaspoon nutmeg ½ teaspoon cloves. Beat until thick and piled softly: 2 eggs 1 cup sugar Beat in: ½ 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 1½-inch by 1½-inch bars. Remove to cooling rack. When cooled cut from cut edge to cut edge.

Makes 5 dozen