Lekach

Name: Lekach
Yield: Serves about Eight
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 5 ml/1 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 5 ml/1 tsp mixed (apple pie) spice; 75 g/3 oz/⅓ cup caster (superfine) sugar; 2.5 ml/½ tsp ground ginger; 2.5–5 ml/½–1 tsp ground cinnamon; 175 g/6 oz/1½ cups plain (all-purpose) flour; 10 ml/2 tsp chopped fresh root ginger, or to taste; 225 g/8 oz/1 cup clear honey; 60 ml/4 tbsp vegetable or olive oil; 75 ml/5 tbsp orange juice; 2 eggs; grated rind of 1 orange

Preparation info

Serves about
Eight

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Complete Guide to Traditional Jewish Cooking

By Marlena Spieler

Published 2016

About

This cake dates back to the 12th century, when a slice was taken to Jewish/Hebrew school by young boys on their first day, with the hope that their learning in the years to follow would be as sweet as this moist cake.

Ingredients

175 g/6 oz/1½ cups plain (all-purpose) flour
75

Europe
Germany
Cake
Vegetarian
Rosh Hashanah

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Line a rectangular baking tin (pan), measuring 25 × 20 × 5cm/10 × 8 × 2in, with baking parchment. In a large bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, ginger, cinnamon, mixed spice and bicarbonate of soda.