Holy Honey Cake!!!
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Jewish
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Serves: 12-15
 
Honey Cake: made without refined sugar, dairy and gluten free
Ingredients
  • 4 eggs (room temp)
  • ½ cup oil (grapeseed, coconut, or your choice)
  • ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 1½ cups of honey (we use buckwheat-it has a far superior flavor and color)
  • 3 cups of flour-we used 260 g of all purpose gluten free (we used Arrowhead Mills) and 130 g of sorghum flour for added protein
  • 3 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ginger
  • ½ tsp allspice
  • ¼ tsp nutmeg
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 cup coffee
  • 1 shot of brandy/whiskey
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  2. Combine dry ingredients
  3. Beat eggs and applesauce in mixing bowl
  4. Combine oil,honey, and coffee
  5. Alternate adding dry ingredients and wet to the mixing bowl. Add shot of whiskey
  6. Pour into un-greased tube pan. Bake for 15 minutes at 350, reduce heat to 300 and continue to cook until top cracks and knife inserted comes out clean, about 60 minutes
  7. Let cool for 15 minutes, and then invert, and allow to cool all the way
  8. Enjoy and may you have a sweet (without lots of refined sugar :) and healthy year!
Recipe by Garden Fresh Foodie at https://gardenfreshfoodie.com/healthy-desserts/gluten-free-desserts/holy-honey-cake/