Honey Cake

Name: Honey Cake
Yield: Cuts into 8–10 slices
Ingredients: 100 g(3½ oz) butter, softened; 2 eggs, beaten; 250 g(9 oz/2 cups) icing (confectioners’) sugar; 175 g(6 oz/½ cup) honey; 115 g(4 oz/½ cup) dark brown sugar; 150 g(5½ oz) butter; 200 g(7 oz/1⅔ cups) plain (all-purpose) flour; 1½ teaspoons baking powder; ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 tablespoon finely chopped rosemary leaves; 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest; 2 tablespoons lemon juice

Preparation info

Cuts into
8–10

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Apples for Jam

By Tessa Kiros

Published 2010

About

I love the idea of children having honey cakes — like Winnie the Pooh. I hope you are lucky enough to have tiny purple flowers on your rosemary when you make this, so you can scatter them over the finished cake.

Ingredients

150 g(5½ oz) butter
115 g(4

Dessert
Vegetarian
Baking

Method

Grease and line the base of a 22 cm(8½ inch) springform tin. Put the butter, brown sugar and honey in a small saucepan and add 1