Greek Honey Cake
Yield
1 cakePrep
10 minCook
50 minReady
60 minTrans-fat Free, Good source of fiber
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honey syrup | |||
| 1 | cup |
sugar
|
|
| 1 | cup |
honey
|
|
| ¾ | cup |
water
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
lemon juice
|
|
| cake | |||
| ¾ | cup |
butter
softened |
|
| ¾ | cup |
sugar
|
|
| 3 | large |
eggs
|
|
| ¼ | cup |
milk
|
|
| 1 | cup |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 1 ½ | teaspoons |
baking powder
|
|
| ¼ | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
cinnamon
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
orange zest
grated |
|
| 1 | cup |
walnuts
chopped |
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honey syrup | |||
| 237 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 237 | ml |
honey
|
|
| 177 | ml |
water
|
|
| 5 | ml |
lemon juice
|
|
| cake | |||
| 177 | ml |
butter
softened |
|
| 177 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 3 | large |
eggs
|
|
| 59 | ml |
milk
|
|
| 237 | ml |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 7.5 | ml |
baking powder
|
|
| 1.3 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 2.5 | ml |
cinnamon
|
|
| 5 | ml |
orange zest
grated |
|
| 237 | ml |
walnuts
chopped |
|
Directions
SYRUP: Combine sugar, honey, and water in a saucepan.
Simmer 5 minutes.
Add lemon juice, boil 2 minutes.
Cool. (Do not cut the syrup recipe in half. You really do want to use this much syrup on this small cake)
CAKE: Combine flour, baking powder, salt, and orange rind.
Blend dry ingredients and nuts into creamed mixture.
Pour into a greased and floured 9 x 9 baking pan.
Bake in a 350℉ (180℃) oven until golden and tests done with a wooden pick (about 40 minutes).
Cool 10 minutes. Cut into diamond shapes.
Pour honey syrup over cake.
