Lekach

There’s a bit of a battle for the best dessert of Rosh Hashana, the autumnal Jewish new year. In keeping with the tradition of eating apples and honey to ensure a sweet year ahead, the two dueling cakes are apple cake and honey cake. Honey cake, or lekach, has similar origins to the honey-based Polish pierniki, or gingerbreads. When it’s done right, this cake is soft, rich, and spicy. Unfortunately, it’s mostly done wrong and so it rarely wins out against its rival, apple cake. But really,