Greek Honey Cake
Ingredients for Cake:
1/4 cup of butter
3/8 cup of sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup of flour
1 tsp of baking powder
1/8 tsp of baking soda
1/4 tsp of cinnamon
1/8 tsp of cloves
1/4 tsp of nuts, chopped
1/4 tsp of buttermilk
*Optional whipped cream for topping
Ingredients for Honey Syrup:
1/4 cup of honey
1/4 cup of water
1 and 1/2 tsp of lemon juice
1 tsp of lemon zest
Directions:
Cream the butter and sugar. Add the egg and mix well. Combine the dry ingredients and half the nuts. Add the dry ingredients to the butter/sugar mixture alternating with the buttermilk (three additions of flour, 2 additions of buttermilk). Sprinkle with the remaining nuts. Pour into a greased 8'' round pan and bake at 350 F for about 20 minutes. Allow to cook in the pan.
Prepare the syrup by combining the ingredients in a small saucepan and simmering for 5 minutes. Slowly spoon the syrup over the cooled cake. Allow the cake to stand for several hours to absorb the syrup. Cut into 6 wedges and serve with whipped cream.
gotta say I have a recipe of this and it is delicious will try yours out some time.
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