Grandma's honey cake
16 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Eggs | |
| 1 | pounds | Honey |
| 1 | cup | Coffee, Strong |
| 6 | cups | Flour, Sifted (Light) |
| 4 | teaspoons | Baking Powder |
| 2 | teaspoons | Baking Soda |
| ¾ | cup | Oil |
| ⅓ | cup | Whiskey |
| 1 | pinch | Salt, (In The Eggs) |
| 1 | teaspoon | Nutmeg, (Or To Taste) |
| 1 | teaspoon | Allspice, (Or To Taste) |
| ½ | teaspoon | Cloves (Ground), (Or To Taste) |
| Cinnamon, To Taste | ||
| Walnuts, (about 1/2 cup) | ||
Directions
Sift the dry ingredients together. Beat eggs with salt. Add sugar & oil together. Beat well. Add honey. Mix well. Add coffee & whiskey. alternately with dry ingredients. Until all are incorporated. Add walnuts if desired, leaving a few to decorate the top of the cake. Pour into a greased, (brown paper bag works fine) paper lined Baking Pan (Lasagna sized).
Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or more , until cake tests done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
NOTES : I start with the prescribed amounts of spices and then add more according to smell.
Recipe by: Grandma Fannie Hopin Posted to JEWISH-FOOD digest V97 #149 by Goldtag1@... on May 2, 1997