This honey cake is delicious served with tea, or as a dessert with whipped cream or custard .....This is a lovely, light cake which tastes delicious served either on it’s own with a nice cuppa tea, or for dessert with whipped cream or custard.
I was tempted to add some mixed spices to the batter when I made this recipe for the first time – but I honestly don’t think it needs it. The honey topping is subtle, with just a hint of lemon flavour – so don’t let the addition of the lemon juice put you off (as it did me – I immediately thought ‘cough cure !’ but I can assure you that it doesn’t taste like that at all !)
Honey Cake (from the book ‘ Cook and Enjoy It’ by S.J.A. de Villiers – wording for ‘method’ changed slightly)
Cake Mix:
1 cup Flour
½ cup Sugar
4 tsp Baking Powder
¼ tsp Salt
½ cup Milk
3 tbsp Butter
1 Egg
Cake Topping:
3 tbsp Honey*
1 ½ tbsp Butter
1 tbsp Lemon Juice
Sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Heat the milk and butter in a small saucepan until lukewarm, beat in the egg & add to the sifted dry ingredients, blending well. Turn the batter into a greased, round pie dish or cake tin (approx 21 cm/9 inch in size) & bake at 180’C/350’F/Gas Mark 4 for 15 to 20 minutes until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean. Place the honey, butter and lemon juice into a small saucepan and melt together over a gentle heat. Pour over the hot cake as soon as it comes out of the oven.
*The recipe states that you can also use Syrup in place of honey – which I guess would then make it a Syrup Cake ?!
I was tempted to add some mixed spices to the batter when I made this recipe for the first time – but I honestly don’t think it needs it. The honey topping is subtle, with just a hint of lemon flavour – so don’t let the addition of the lemon juice put you off (as it did me – I immediately thought ‘cough cure !’ but I can assure you that it doesn’t taste like that at all !)
Honey Cake (from the book ‘ Cook and Enjoy It’ by S.J.A. de Villiers – wording for ‘method’ changed slightly)
Cake Mix:
1 cup Flour
½ cup Sugar
4 tsp Baking Powder
¼ tsp Salt
½ cup Milk
3 tbsp Butter
1 Egg
Cake Topping:
3 tbsp Honey*
1 ½ tbsp Butter
1 tbsp Lemon Juice
Sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Heat the milk and butter in a small saucepan until lukewarm, beat in the egg & add to the sifted dry ingredients, blending well. Turn the batter into a greased, round pie dish or cake tin (approx 21 cm/9 inch in size) & bake at 180’C/350’F/Gas Mark 4 for 15 to 20 minutes until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean. Place the honey, butter and lemon juice into a small saucepan and melt together over a gentle heat. Pour over the hot cake as soon as it comes out of the oven.
*The recipe states that you can also use Syrup in place of honey – which I guess would then make it a Syrup Cake ?!
