More fruitcake

[melchar]

Make the Ukrainian honey cakes today. They only need to season 2 days, so will be ready for Thanksgiving. It's a more finicky recipe [rather than just mix everything together at once], but is very tasty. Including the recipe, below =

Ukrainian Honey Cake preheat oven to 300 degrees

Mix together until smooth =
1 cube softened butter
1 1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup honey [darker honey is better; buckwheat honey is the best]
2 1/2 cups unbleached flour
1 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
pinch salt

then beat in 4 egg yolks, one at a time [save egg whites in a different bowl]

then add and mix until smooth =
1 tablespoon of orange peel [the dried spice] - or the minced rind of 1 large orange
1 cup sour cream
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup currants
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup chopped, pitted dates

Now beat the egg whites until stiff and fold into the rest of the batter

Place mixture in tube pan that has been well-greased and lined in brown paper [I actually use loaf pans, again] - fill to 3/4 & bake roughly 90 minutes [until tester comes out clean]. Let cool completely, then wrap in foil and store at room temperature for 2 days; flavor will get richer.

Comments

[kathykat.livejournal.com]

so then, might one ask...are you Ukrainian? or just like their cakes?!

*wink*

[melchar.livejournal.com]

Nope - am Swedish/Celtic, actually - but the recipe name was 'Ukrainian Honey Cake', so that's how I list it. ^_^

[kaichi-satake.livejournal.com]

Ooh, sounds soooooo yummy! I actually like fruitcakes. Just not those awful things in some stores, that seem to have been sitting around in someone's closet for 25 years. ;P

[kaichi-satake.livejournal.com]

Almost all cakes, actually. hehe I'm mixing up this cake with the one from another post of yours I just read. :P But they all sound yummy to me.

[melchar.livejournal.com]

That's me - I love to cook - especially if I can make stuff others love to eat [so they eat it and I don't]