Chocolate-Glazed Honey Cake recipe

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Ingredients

4 cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ cups white sugar
1 cup honey
3 large eggs
½ cup vegetable oil
½ cup brewed coffee
1 tablespoon jam (any flavor)
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground cloves
¼ teaspoon baking soda
½ cup white sugar
¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3 ½ tablespoons water
1 teaspoon all-purpose flour
½ cup margarine
1 tablespoon brandy

Nutrition Info

409.5 calories
carbohydrate: 68.5 g
cholesterol: 34.9 mg
fat: 13.9 g
fiber: 1.5 g
protein: 4.8 g
saturatedFat: 2.5 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 164 mg
sugar: 43.2 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease two 8x3-inch loaf pans.

  2. Mix 4 cups flour, 1 1/2 cups sugar, honey, eggs, oil, coffee, jam, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, and baking soda together in a bowl until smooth, spread evenly into the prepared loaf pans.

  3. Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Remove cake from pans and cool on a wire rack.

  4. Mix 1/2 cup sugar, cocoa powder, water, and 1 teaspoon flour together, stirring constantly, in a saucepan over low heat until mixture is smooth and thick, about 8 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat and add margarine and brandy, whisk until glaze is thickened. Refrigerate glaze until cooled, at least 15 minutes.

  5. Spread glaze over cooled cakes.

Recipe Yield

2 8x3-inch loaf pans

Recipe Note

This is my mother's traditional honey cake, made every year for the Jewish new year Rosh Hashanah. We eat honey cake in order to have a sweet new year. I love the glaze for this especially - the cake is a little dry. I could eat the glaze with a spoon! Best served with tea.

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