Honey & Pine Nut Coffee Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 9 ounces clear runny honey
• 8 ounces butter
• 3 1/2 ounces caster sugar
• 3 1/2 ounces pine nuts
• 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 10 ounces flour, sifted
• confectioners' sugar, for dusting

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180°c/350°f/gas 4.
• 2 grease a 8 inch round cake tin or spring form, if using cake tin it helps to line it with baking paper as well.
• 3 in a small sauce pan, melt the sugar, honey and butter together over a medium heat, boil for 1 minute and remove from heat.
• 4 set aside and allow to cool until just warm.
• 5 place the pine nuts onto a baking tray and roast for approx 8 minutes, alternatively roast in a dry non stick frying pan on top of the hob, stirring regularly.
• 6 add the pine nuts to the honey mixture.
• 7 stir in the eggs and flour.
• 8 pour the batter into the baking tin and bake for approx 50 minutes.
• 9 the cake is done when the top springs back when pressed lightly.
• 10 allow to cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan.
• 11 when cold dust with confectioners suger and serve.