Honey Drip Cake
Prep
30 mins
Cook
25 mins
Servings
8
Difficulty
Easy
Honey Drip Cake is a moist sponge cake made with butter, eggs, honey and almonds. The batter combines all purpose flour, sugar, baking powder and milk with vanilla extract, then bakes until golden. Ready in just 55 minutes total, including 30 minutes prep and 25 minutes cooking, this cake suits anyone looking for a simple baked treat with a delicate honey flavour.
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Ingredients
- 300 gall-purpose flour
- 250 ggranulated sugar
- 150 gunsalted butter
- 4 egglarge eggs
- 150 ghoney
- 10 gbaking powder
- 5 gsalt
- 100 galmonds
- 100 mlmilk
- 1 mlvanilla extract
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Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F). Grease a 20cm round cake pan and line the bottom with parchment paper.
- 2
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
- 3
In a large bowl, whisk together butter, eggs, honey, milk, and vanilla extract.
- 4
Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until just combined.
- 5
Fold in the almonds.
- 6
Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan and smooth the top.
- 7
Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- 8
Let the cake cool in the pan for 5 minutes before transferring it to a wire rack to cool completely.
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