Fruit honey cake

AUTHOR
Leta Marks
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 1
COOK TIME
105 mins
TOTAL TIME
105 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 24
  • 500 g liquid honey, 500 g flour
  • 200 g Raisins
  • 400 g dried dates, 100 g candied orange peel (without stone)
  • 200 g Almonds (with skin)
  • 7-10 Tbsp some + 150 g soft butter
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 3 TSP Gingerbread spice, 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 knife tip ground pimento
  • 1 TEASPOON ground cilantro
  • 3 Eggs (Gr. M)
  • 2 TEASPOONS Potpocket or 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 3 TABLESPOONS Milk
  • 1 package (5 g) Baking soda
  • 125 g Almonds (without skin)
  • 250 g Orange marmalade
  • 7-10 Tbsp Aluminium foil
  • 7-10 Tbsp long wooden skewer

Directions

  1. 1

    At least 2 weeks before, prepare the storage dough from honey and flour. Pack the dough and store it.

  2. 2

    After the storage time, rinse and drain the raisins. Chop dates finely, chop candied orange peel a little finer. Coarsely chop almonds with skin. Mix everything.

  3. 3

    Grease a rectangular baking tin (approx. 24 x 35 cm; approx. 3 l capacity). Preheat the oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/circulating air: 150 °C/gas: see manufacturer). Warm up the dough. Mix 150 g butter, 1 pinch of salt, spices, eggs and storage dough to a dough.

  4. 4

    Dissolve potash in 2 tablespoons of milk, baking soda in 1 tablespoon of milk. Stir in one after the other.

  5. 5

    Fold in the fruit and almond mixture.

  6. 6

    Fill the dough into the form, smooth it down. Decoratively cover with almonds without skin. Bake in a hot oven for 50-55 minutes. After half of the baking time cover with foil if necessary. Stick test.

  7. 7

    Heat jam in a pot and stir until smooth. Take out the cake, brush it with the jam while still warm and let it cool down on a cake rack.