Honey Cake
Ingredients
- canola oil cooking spray
- 1 cup sugar 250 mL
- 1/2 cup canola oil 125 mL
- 1 cup raisins or currants 250 mL
- 1 cup strong black coffee, warm 250 mL
- 1½ cups honey 375 mL
- 3 large eggs
- 3 cups unbleached white flour 750 mL
- 1/2 tsp baking powder 2 mL
- 1/2 tsp baking soda 2 mL
- 1/2 tsp salt 2 mL
- 1 tsp ground ginger 5 mL
- 1/8 tsp ground cloves 0.5 mL
- 1/2 tsp allspice 2 mL
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon 5 mL
Instructions
- 1. Preheat oven to 350 °F (180 °C). Spray 10 x 4½-inch (25 x 11 cm) Bundt or tube cake pan with canola oil cooking spray.
- 2. In large bowl, cream sugar and oil with electric mixer until well blended.
- 3. In medium bowl, add raisins, coffee and honey. Soak for 10 minutes. Add eggs one at a time and beat well after each addition. Add to creamed sugar mixture.
- 4. In medium bowl, sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ginger, cloves, allspice and cinnamon. Stir.
- 5. Add dry ingredients to creamed sugar mixture. Beat until just combined.
- 6. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 50-60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan for 15 minutes. Invert onto wire rack.
Yield
12 slices
serving size
1 slice
nutritional analysis
Per Serving
| Calories | 450 |
| Total Fat | 11 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Cholesterol | 45 mg |
| Carbohydrates | 84 g |
| Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 5 g |
| Sodium | 190 mg |
