Name: Hylickmaker
Yield: Makes 7 bars
Cuisine: Belgian
Ingredients: ¼ teaspoon each of ground cloves, nutmeg and cinnamon; 250 g (9 oz) light brown sugar; ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 330 g (11¾ oz) rye or plain flour; 55 g (2 oz) candied citron peel; 55 g (2 oz) candied orange peel; Milk, for smoothing the dough; 170 g (6 oz) honey; 100 g (3½ oz) icing (confectioners’) sugar; 2½ tablespoons water

Preparation info

Makes
7
bars

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Dark Rye and Honey Cake

By Regula Ysewijn

Published 2023

About

The recipe for hylickmaker (marriage maker), a honey cake, in Volmaakte Grondbeginselen der Keukenkunde from 1758, instructs to roll out the dough, which means it is a different kind of dough from the thick loaf peperkoek. The author also suggests making little balls with an adjustment of the recipe, which makes them into pepernoten, or to shape into theerandjes. Imagine my delight to fi