Honey Cake (Lekach)
- Ready In:
- 1hr 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 22
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
- 1⁄2 cup honey
- 1⁄4 cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
- 1⁄2 tablespoon finely grated lemon zest
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon brandy
- 1 3⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1⁄8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1⁄8 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1⁄16 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons instant coffee
- 1⁄3 cup cold water
- 3⁄8 cup chopped nuts
- 1⁄4 cup raisins
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Lemon Glaze
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1⁄4 cup lemon juice
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Beat sugar, honey, oil, eggs, lemon zest, juice and brandy in large mixer bowl on medium speed 2 minutes. Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice, cloves and instant coffee; stir into sugar mixture alternately with water. Beat on high speed, scraping bowl occasionally, 2 minutes. Fold in 1/2 cup of the nuts and the raisins.
- Pour into greased 10-inch tube pan or 12-cup bundt pan. Bake until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, about 1 hour 10 minutes. Cool in pan 15 minutes; remove from pan. Prick top of cake carefully with fork; drizzle with Lemon Sugar. Sprinkle with remaining nuts.
- For lemon glaze, just combine sugar and lemon juice.
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I love honey cake! There are some out there who believe that we should only eat honey cake on Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year, but I'm a maverick. I drink egg nog even when it's not Christmas and I've been known to eat chocolate bunnies even when it's not Easter. Of course, all that is easy for me, since I don't celebrate either of those holidays. But I do celebrate Rosh Hashana, big time, and having honey cake is one of my favorite parts of that holiday. But it won't be Rosh Hashana for another two months as I write this review, and having seen this recipe with the lemon glaze, I knew I just had to make it. And I'm very glad I did! The cake itself is good, but not so outstanding (sorry Ev). But the lemon glaze, that makes this cake celestial! We've always eaten our honey cakes naked, but I can assure you, then when Rosh Hashana rolls around this year, our honey cake will be naked no more! Thanks for a good one, Ev!
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OK, here goes. I live in Athens, Greece. I moved out here many, many years ago from Ottawa, Canada - so I am blessed in having two wonderful heritages!
I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.