[Sca-cooks] honey cake

[Terry Decker]

In other words, a cake with a modern cake texture.  Probably not.

Most of what were called cakes are unleavened small loaves of a small amount
of grain or grain meal with a lot of honey for binder.

Panforte, which I have previously mentioned is a mixture of nuts, fruit,
spices, honey and a little flour baked to give it a firm shape.  The
lebekuchen and gingerbread recipes of the period appear to be similar.

Leavened cakes, which are actually loaves of bread stuffed with fruit and
nuts, start appearing in the 16th Century.

I think you will find the type of cake you are describing is a 19th Century
developement.

Bear


By honey cake, I mean something akin to the recipe below. I realize that the
leavening used is not period. This cake is similar to pound cake. I was just
wondering if something like it was made in period.

Natasha's Honey Cake

<recipe clipped>

Aislinn






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