Hanukkah Honey Cake
From lor 16 years ago
- 45 minutes to make
- Serves 1214
I am not Jewish but my great-grandfather was. It's really fascinating when you discover your family heritage. My great-grandmother who was a midwife in Ireland was disowned by her family because she married my great-grandfather Abraham, who was studying to become a doctor. Read more Sad but true. This is a lovely Hanukkah cake and a Menorah tops this delicious honey spice cake. See less
Ingredients
- 3 eggs shopping list
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar shopping list
- 3/4 cup vegetable oil or olive oil shopping list
- 1-1/4 cups honey shopping list
- 2/3 cup strong coffee shopping list
- 3 cups all-purpose flour shopping list
- 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder shopping list
- 1 teaspoon baking soda shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg shopping list
- 3/4 cup chopped walnuts shopping list
- 1-1/2 teaspoons grated orange peel shopping list
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel shopping list
- If you like the canned frosting, 2 containers (16 ounces each) vanilla frosting should do the trick shopping list
- yellow food coloring shopping list
- 1(13 X 9 inch) cake board, covered, or large tray shopping list
- Pastry bag and medium writing and star tips shopping list
- 8 small white candles shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 325°F.
- Grease and flour 13 X 9 inch baking pan.
- Beat eggs in large bowl at high speed of electric mixer until thick and lemon colored, about 5 minutes.
- Beat in brown sugar and oil.
- Add honey and coffee; stir well.
- Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and spices in small bowl; add to batter and stir well.
- Stir in walnuts and grated peels.
- Pour into prepared pan.
- Bake 40 to 45 minutes until cake is golden and wooden toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
- Cool in pan on wire rack 15 minutes.
- Remove from pan to rack; cool.
- If cake top is rounded, trim horizontally with long serrated knife. Place cake on prepared cake board.
- Frost top and sides of cake with 1 container frosting.
- Using a diagram as guide, cut pattern of a Menorah from waxed paper. Trace around pattern with wooden toothpick; remove pattern.
- Tint remaining container frosting yellow. To tint frosting, add small amount of desired food coloring; stir well. Slowly add more coloring until frosting is desired shade. Spoon frosting into pastry bag fitted with medium writing tip. Outline menorah pattern with frosting. Using star tip, fill in menorah and pipe decorative border around edge of cake. Insert candles.
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great one, thanks!
magali777
in Mexico loved it
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Perfect and another recipe to add to my Honey Cake collection. High 5!
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OMG!Here's an cake that my family would LOVE.
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