Try James Martin’s super easy honey cake recipe for a bee-autiful afternoon tea. The honey you use will have quite an impact on the flavour of the cake – from a light orange blossom to a rich chestnut honey.
Method
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Preheat oven to 180C/350F/Gas 3 and butter and line the bottom of a 7in/18cm cake tin.
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Measure the honey, butter and sugar into a large pan. Add a tablespoon of water and heat gently until melted.
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Remove from the heat and mix in the eggs and flour.
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Spoon into the cake tin and bake for 40-45 minutes until the cake is springy to the touch and shrinking slightly from the sides of the tin.
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Cool slightly in the tin before turning out onto a wire rack.
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While the cake is still warm, make the icing by mixing the sugar and honey together with 2-3 teaspoons of hot water. Trickle over the cake in whatever design takes your fancy.
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