| Honey Cake 
 4 large eggs
1/3 cup oil
 1 cup honey
 1 cup sugar
 1 Tbsp. instant coffee (granules
or powder)
 1 cup warm water
 1  6-0z. can undiluted
orange juice concentrate, thawed
 3  1/2 cups flour
 1  1/2 tsp. baking powder
 2 tsp. baking soda
 1 tsp. cinnamon
 1 tsp. allspice
 1/4 tsp. salt
 
      Grease
two 9 by 5-inch loaf pans.  Fit the bottom of 
each pan with a small piece of wax paper; then grease
 the paper.  Preheat the oven to 325*.
      Add
the instant coffee granules to the warm water,
and stir until they are dissolved.  Mix in the orange
 juice concentrate and set aside.
      Put
the eggs, oil, honey, and sugar into a large mixer
bowl. With an electric mixer at medium speed, beat
 until completely combined, about 2 minutes.  Beat in
 about a third of the flour, along with the cinnamon,
 allspice, salt, baking powder and baking soda.  Then
 add a third of the liquid mixture.  Continue twice
 more, adding half the dry and half the liquid ingredients
 each time, and beating well after each addition. Then
 beat the batter on high speed for 1 to 2 minutes, until it
 is very smooth.
      Pour
the batter into the prepared pans, and bake the 
cakes at 325* for about 60 to 70 minutes, until a
 toothpick inserted into the center of each cake comes
 out clean.  The cakes should look completely dry on
 top. Remove the cakes from the oven, and let them
 cool for 1 hour in their pans on a wire rack.
      Run
a knife around the sides of each cake to loosen
it; then turn the cake out of its pan, and peel the wax
 paper from the bottom.  Invert the cakes so the tops
 are facing upward.  Cool the cakes completely on the
 wire rack.
      This
cake keeps well and is even better when aged, 
so wrap tightly ( zip lock bags are best ) and refrigerate
 for several days.  Or you can freeze one of the cakes
 for later use.
      
Makes 2 loaf cakes.
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