almond and honey cake.

Name: Almond and honey cake.
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Irish
Ingredients: 110g - butter, room temperature; 2 tablespoon(s) honey; 1/4 cup(s) caster sugar; 1/4 cup(s) ground almonds; 200g - plain flour; 1 teaspoon(s) bicarbonate of soda; 1 teaspoon(s) baking powder; 1/2 cup(s) natural yogurt( i got natural yogurt with a hint of lemon in it and it was lovely); 2 - eggs ,plus 1 extra egg white .; 1 - handful of flaked almonds for top of cake.; - little more honey to drizzle over top once baked.

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Racquel Sweeney

Donegal

Updated on Feb 22, 2014

I really like this cake , I love the combination of the honey and almonds together . I found this recipe in a booklet from one of my local grocery shops called Aldl. my family really likes it , as do I with a nice cup of coffee . so I hope you will like and enjoy also.. :)

Rate

prep time 15 Min

cook time 50 Min

method Bake

yield 8 serving(s)

Ingredients

110g - butter, room temperature
2 tablespoons honey
1/4 cup caster sugar
1/4 cup ground almonds
200g - plain flour
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup natural yogurt( i got natural yogurt with a hint of lemon in it and it was lovely)
2 - eggs ,plus 1 extra egg white .
1 - handful of flaked almonds for top of cake.
- little more honey to drizzle over top once baked.

How To Make almond and honey cake.

Step 1

Pre-heat the oven to 180c/350f. Grease a loaf tin and line with a strip of baking parchment that overhangs each end .

Step 2

Put butter, honey, caster sugar, ground almonds, shift flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and natural yogurt into a large mixing bowl. Put egg whites into an other wee bowl. Put the yolk and the remaining whole egg in with all the other ingredients . Mix altogether with an electric hand held mixer .
Step 3

Whisk the egg whites until stiff.
Step 4

Stir in the egg whites to your mixture with a specular, gently folding in .
Step 5

Pour your cake mixture into the prepared loaf tin , scatter over the flaked almonds on top of cake.Bake in the pre-heated oven 180c/350f for 50 minutes on middle shelf of oven.
Step 6

Now after the first 30 minutes of the cake in the oven , just put some tinfoil over the top to prevent from over browning . Once ready remove from oven , and you can drizzle a little more honey over the top of cake while it is still warm. Then cool in tin for 15 minutes then remove from tin and leave to cool on a wire rack.
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