A Honey of a Honey Cake

You can subsitute Orange Juice for the Mead

• Ready In: 50 mins
• Serves: 12

Ingredients

• 4  eggs
• 1  cup brown sugar
• 1⁄3 cup canola oil
• 1⁄4 cup honey
• 3  cups flour
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 2  teaspoons baking powder
• 2  teaspoons cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1⁄4 cup  mead (honey wine)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325°F.
2. In a large bowl, beat eggs, sugar and oil until pale in color.
3. Add honey, and mead. Mix.
4. In a second bowl, combine flower, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and ginger.
5. One cup at a time, add dry ingredients to wet ingredients.
6. Blend until smooth.
7. Transfer batter to a greased 10 x 14-inch baking dish.
8. Bake for approximately 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out dry.
9. Let cake cool and cut into honeycomb shapes.
10. Drizzle with lavender honey and garnish with fresh lavender flowers, if desired.