The basis of this recipe is from an English cookery book.
It is lighter on the honey than most of my Polish recipes.
Everyone loved this.
INGREDIENTS
- 150 butter
- 115g granulated sugar
- 175g runny honey
- 1 tablespoon of water
- 200g plain flour
- 2 teaspoons of baking powder
- 1 tablespoon of mixed spice
- 2 eggs -beaten
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- Juice of 1 lemon and icing sugar to make an icing in the usual way.
- (Note on the photograhs I only used 1/2 a lemon – not enough)
METHOD
- Pre-heat the oven to GM4 – 180 0 C.
- Use a cake liner in a high sided, loose bottom tin – 20cm (8inches) in diameter.
- Gently heat the butter, sugar, honey and water in a small pan until the sugar has dissolved.
- Leave to cool for 10 minutes,
- Mix the flour, baking powder and mixed spice together.
- Pour in the melted butter mixture and add the beaten eggs.
- Beat until smooth.
- Pour the batter into the tin.
- Smooth the top.
- Bake in th oven for 40 – 50 minutes, until well risen and a skewer comes out clean.
- Leave to cool in the tin for at least 3 minutes.
- Remove from the tin and place on a wire rack to cool.
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- Ice with icing made from 1 lemon and icing sugar.
