{"id":10005,"date":"2023-01-11T07:22:59","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T12:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=10005"},"modified":"2022-12-15T14:00:02","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T19:00:02","slug":"in-search-of-the-perfect-honey-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2023\/01\/11\/in-search-of-the-perfect-honey-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"In search of the perfect honey cake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have been both searching for, and working on, the perfect honey cake recipe for some time now.  I love honey, especially the flavor varietals produced by honey from certain plants and locations.  But I don&#8217;t love how heavy honey cakes can be, thus the search.  So far, I have come up with a pretty good recipe for small cakes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>INGREDIENTS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 c honey<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 eggs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 tbsp vinegar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 c applesauce<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 c sugar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 c flour<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 tsp baking powder<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\/2 tsp baking soda<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>spices to taste:  dried orange blossom, bee pollen, anise seed, cinnamon, cardamom <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>360 for 30 minutes if in muffin molds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally had a 1\/2 c of vegetable oil in with a 1\/2 c of apple sauce, but the last time I made them I used a whole cup of apple sauce and forgot the oil &#8211; they came out wonderful.  And by wonderful I mean, they were light and springy, admittedly a little sticky to the touch on the outside, but not heavy like many honey cakes can be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also gave this recipe a try recently:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10395\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2023\/01\/11\/in-search-of-the-perfect-honey-cake\/20221015_151019sm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221015_151019sm.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"533,490\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1665846619&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20221015_151019sm\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Spiced Honey Cake recipe from 1938 Season to Taste &amp;#8211; Spices.. and How to Use Them&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221015_151019sm-400x368.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221015_151019sm.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221015_151019sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10395\" width=\"327\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221015_151019sm.jpg 533w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221015_151019sm-400x368.jpg 400w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221015_151019sm-150x138.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Spiced Honey Cake from 1938 Season to Taste &#8211; Spices.. and How to Use Them<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I also gave the Spiced Honey Cake recipe from a 1938 &#8220;Season to Taste&#8221; baking pamphlet.  It too was not overly heavy, but it didn&#8217;t taste as strongly of honey.  The lack of heaviness and honey flavor were both probably due to only 1\/2 cup of honey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been both searching for, and working on, the perfect honey cake recipe for some time now. I love honey, especially the flavor varietals produced by honey from certain plants and locations. But I don&#8217;t love how heavy honey cakes can be, thus the search. So far, I have come up with a pretty&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2023\/01\/11\/in-search-of-the-perfect-honey-cake\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">In search of the perfect honey cake<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[106],"class_list":["post-10005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-recipes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":910,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2012\/02\/02\/honey-oikos-organic-greek-yogurt-stonyfield-farm\/","url_meta":{"origin":10005,"position":0},"title":"Honey Oikos Organic Greek Yogurt &#8211; Stonyfield Farm","author":"leems","date":"February 2, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Honey Oikos Organic Greek Yogurt is the most fabulous of all the fancy organic greek style yogurts that I have tried after they flooded the market a year or so ago.\u00a0 Seriously, it was so good I had to advertize for them.\u00a0 The honey was underneath!","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/oikos_5_3oz_honey.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9859,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2022\/03\/02\/lemon-cake\/","url_meta":{"origin":10005,"position":1},"title":"Lemon Cake","author":"leems","date":"March 2, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"I haven't shared any recipe posts for a while, and this one is as simple as they come. 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