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🍰 Moist Honey Cake with Almond Topping

598 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 150 g honey
• 100 ml whipping cream
• 250 g soft butter
• 50 g sugar
• 4 eggs
• 400 g flour
• 150 g ground almond kernels
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• 1 pinch mace
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 2 tbsp whipping cream
• 80 g sliced almonds
• powdered sugar (for dusting)

Instructions

1. 1. Preheat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius with top and bottom heat.
2. 2. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
3. 3. Put the honey and the cream into a small saucepan.
4. 4. Warm the mixture gently until the honey has completely melted.
5. 5. Let the honey-cream mixture cool down to room temperature.
6. 6. Cut the butter into small pieces.
7. 7. Mix the butter with the sugar in a bowl until the mixture becomes creamy and fluffy.
8. 8. Add the eggs one by one to the butter-sugar mixture.
9. 9. Mix the flour with the almonds, the ginger, the macis (mace), and the baking powder in a separate bowl.
10. 10. Add the dry flour mixture and the honey-cream liquid alternately to the butter mixture.
11. 11. Stir the ingredients quickly until a smooth and firm dough forms.
12. 12. Check the consistency of the dough.
13. 13. If the dough seems too dry, add a little flour.
14. 14. If the dough is too sticky, add a little water.
15. 15. Put the finished dough onto the prepared baking tray.
16. 16. Press the dough down evenly.
17. 17. Smooth the surface of the dough.
18. 18. Brush the surface of the cake with some cream.
19. 19. Sprinkle the surface generously with the almonds.
20. 20. Bake the cake in the oven for 60 to 70 minutes.
21. 21. Take the cake out of the oven.
22. 22. Let the cake cool down completely.
23. 23. Dust the cold cake with powdered sugar.
24. 24. Cut the cake into pieces.
25. 25. Serve the cake pieces.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 598
• Protein: 13 g · Fett/Fat: 39 g · Carbs: 49 g