Honey Cakes

* Exported from MasterCook *

Honey Cakes

Recipe By : A taste of Baking pg 145
Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories :
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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8 tablespoons butter
4 cups flour
3 tablespoons superfine sugar
2 tablespoons honey
1 1/2 baking powde
1 egg yolk
1 full egg plus the white -- lightly beaten
1 cup milk
salt
Honey Topping**********

1 cup heather honey
3 tablespoons almonds, blanched -- ground


To make about twenty-four 2 inch cakes .

This recipe is dates from 1872. An alternative finish is to serve these light
littles cakes hot with warm honey.

In a bowl, rub the butter into the flour. In another bowl, beat the egg yolks
into the milk.
In a saucepan over low heat, gently heat the sugar and honey,stirring then
until they are well mixed.Then stir in the baking powder.
Alternately add the honey mixture and the milk mixture to the butter and
flour, mixing the ingredients very well. Add a pinch of salt and mix again.Put
the resulting dough on a floured board roll it very lightly to a thickness of
about 1/2 inch.
Cut out about 24 rounds. Place the rounds on a buttered baking sheet and bake
in a preheated oven for about 20 minutes, or until they are lightly browned.
Remove cakes to a rack of the cakes. Put the rack of cakes into a very cool
250 F oven for no longer then five minutes to set. The cakes may be served
either hot or cold.

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