Honey Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/3 cups liquid honey
• 1 cup strong coffee
• 1 tablespoon grated orange rind
• 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 4 eggs
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup sugar

Recipe

• 1 put honey in a small saucepan and bring just to a boil.
• 2 remove from heat.
• 3 stir in coffee and orange rind.
• 4 cool slightly.
• 5 combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger and salt.
• 6 take 2 tbsp.
• 7 of this mixture and toss with the nuts.
• 8 set aside.
• 9 in electric mixer with a large bowl, beat eggs until lemon coloured.
• 10 beat in the oil.
• 11 add sugar gradually and beat until pale and thickened, about 3 minutes.
• 12 remove bowl from mixer.
• 13 using a whisk, alternately fold dry mixture and liquid mixture into eggs, making three additions of dry and two of liquid.
• 14 (start with dry mixture and end with dry mixture.) do not overwhisk.
• 15 fold in the nuts.
• 16 pour into a greased and floured ten inch bundt pan.
• 17 bake in preheated 325f.
• 18 oven for 60-65 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly pressed, and a cake tester inserted in centre comes out clean.
• 19 let cool in pan on a rack for 30 minutes.
• 20 remove from pan and let cool completely on rack.