Pain D'epices
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
-
9
ingredients
- 3 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1⁄2 cup dark rye flour
- 2 1⁄2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon freshly-grated nutmeg
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1⁄4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
- 1⁄2 teaspoon anise seed
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature (1/2 stick)
- 1 large egg, at room temperature
- 1 cup honey
- 1 tablespoon finely grated orange zest
- 1 cup water
directions
- Preheat the oven to 350º. Butter a 9-inch loaf pan, dust it with flour, then tap out any excess.
- Sift together the flour, rye flour, baking soda, the ground spices and salt in a bowl. Sprinkle in the anise seeds.
- In the bowl of a standing electric mixer, or by hand, mix together the butter, egg, honey and orange zest.
- Add the water, then add the dry ingredients in three additions, scraping the sides of the bowl to make sure everything gets mixed in evenly.
- Transfer the batter to the prepared loaf pan and bake for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. The top will bake to a somewhat dark color, which is normal.
- Cool 10 minutes, then tip the cake out of the loaf pan. Let cool completely on a rack before slicing.
- Store tightly wrapped at room temperature up to 1 week, or freeze up to 3 months.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
DrGaellon
New Rochelle, 0
I'm a 48 y/o gay Jewish man in the suburbs immediately north of New York City. I'm a general internist, practicing and teaching at a medical college north of NYC. I also earned a Masters in Public Health degree in 2013.
After a Walt Disney World trip in Dec 2006 where I had to rent an electric scooter because I couldn't manage the walking, I decided to have gastric bypass surgery, which was done Feb 28, 2007. I lost 160 lbs (though I've gained back about 60 of that since). I can't eat as much as I used to, so I want every bite to be extra good!