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Bee My Honey Cake




Source of Recipe


Home Cooking






Recipe Introduction


Honey lovers will buzz with anticipation when they catch the aroma of this cake as it bakes.





List of Ingredients



• Cake:
  
• 3 cups flour
  
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
  
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
  
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
  
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
  
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
  
• 1/2 cup hot coffee
  
• 1 cup honey
  
• 4 large eggs
  
• 1 cup sugar
  
• 2 tablespoons oil
  
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
  
• Brown Butter Honey Frosting:
  
• 3 tablespoons butter
  
• 1 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted
  
• 1 to 2 tablespoons milk
  
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
  
• 1/8 teaspoon honey
  






Instructions



1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a tube pan.
   
2. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg together.
   
3. Add hot coffee to honey.
   
4. Beat eggs with sugar until very pale yellow; add oil and beat well.
   
5. Alternately add flour mixture and honey to egg mixture; begin and end with flour mixture. Beat well after each addition. Stir in the nuts.
   
6. Pour into prepared pan. Bake 50 to 60 minutes or until tests done in the center. Cool on wire rack. Turn out onto cake plate when cooled.
   
7. For Brown Butter Honey Frosting, melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring constantly, until golden brown.
   
8. Remove from heat. Transfer to a bowl. Add confectioners’ sugar, milk, vanilla and honey; beat until smooth. Frost top of cooled cake.
   






Final Comments


Serves 12