Gingered Honey Cake

Name: Gingered Honey Cake (Lekach)
Cuisine: Israeli
Ingredients: 250 g (9 oz) white self-raising flour; 2 teaspoons ground ginger; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 225 g (8 oz) honey; 125 ml (4 fl oz) sunflower oil; 75 g (3 oz) dark brown sugar; 1 large egg; 125 g (4 oz) ginger marmalade; ¼ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda mixed with 175 ml (6 fl oz) hot water; ¼ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda mixed with 175 ml (6 fl oz) hot water

Lekach

Preparation info

Makes
10
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mother and Daughter Jewish Cooking

By Evelyn Rose and Judi Rose

Published 2000

About

This is a particularly moist lekach, whose flavour is enhanced with ginger preserve as well as the usual powdered spices. The cake rises at least 2.5 cm (1 in) in the oven, so to prevent the mixture bubbling over the sides, it is important to use the specified size of cake tin.

Ingredients

250 g (9 oz) white self-raising flour
2 teaspoons ground ginger

Asia
Israel
Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 150°C (300°F/Gas 2).

Grease a loaf tin measuring approximately 23 × 13 × 7.5 cm (9 × 5 × 3 inches and line the bottom and both short ends with a long strip of baking parchment.

Sift the flour and spices into a bowl. Put the honey into another bowl, t