Lekach
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | ounces | Plain flour |
| 4 | ounces | Wholemeal flour |
| 4 | ounces | Dark brown sugar |
| 1 | tablespoon | Baking powder |
| 1 | teaspoon | Baking soda |
| 2 | teaspoons | Ground ginger |
| 1 | teaspoon | Ground cinnamon |
| ½ | teaspoon | Ground allspice |
| 2 | ounces | Walnuts or almonds -- |
| Chopped/toasted/opt | ||
| 3 | ounces | Sultanas -- (optional) |
| 14 | fluid ounce | Oz |
| 8 | fluid ounce | Oz |
| 3 | tablespoons | Bourbon whisky, brandy -- or |
| Water | ||
| 4 | Eggs | |
| 2 | fluid ounce | Oz |
| 8 | tablespoons | Ginger preserve -- OR |
| Chopped stem ginger in | ||
| Syrup | ||
| Icing sugar for dusting -- | ||
| OR | ||
| Honey for glazing | ||
| Honey | ||
| Strong black coffee | ||
| Vegtable oil | ||
Directions
Preheat oven to 180C/350F degrees. Grease a 9 x 13 inch cake tin; line with grease proof paper; grease and flour paper.
In a large bowl combine flours, sugar, baking powder, bicarb of soda, ginger, cinnamon & allspice. Stir in chopped walnuts or almonds and sultanas if using. Set aside.
In a small saucepan, over medium-low heat, heat honey with coffee until warm and remove from heat. Stir in bourbon, brandy or water.
In a large bowl, beat eggs with vegatble oil until well blended. Beat in ginger preserve or stem ginger. Alternately, in 3 or 4 batches, stir warm honey mixture and flour mixture into the beaten egg mixture until well blended.
Pour mixture into prepared tin. Bake until a skewer inserted in centre comes out with just a few crumbs attached and top springs back whien gently pressed with finger, I hour. Remove tin to wire rack and cool completely.
Turn out cake on to a rack and then back on to serving plate, so that cake is right side up. Dust with icing sugar or, if you do not mind a sticky cake, brush with slightly heated honey, and cut into squares to serve.
Hopes this helps you to have a sweet new year.
Recipe By : dropkin@... (David Dropkin) From:
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