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🍰 Moist Honey Cake from the Baking Sheet

186 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 500 g honey
• 0.125 l oil
• 250 g sugar
• 700 g flour
• 1 packet baking powder
• 250 g almond kernels
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 pinch cloves
• 0.5 tsp allspice
• 1 pinch salt
• 3 eggs
• 100 g citron
• 100 g candied orange peel
• 3 tbsp condensed milk
• 100 g almond kernels
• cherries
• oil (for the baking sheet)

Instructions

1. 1. Put honey, oil, and sugar into a pot.
2. 2. Heat the mixture while stirring constantly until it boils.
3. 3. Remove the pot from the heat and let the mixture cool down completely.
4. 4. Mix flour, baking powder, ground almonds, all spices, eggs, citron, and candied orange peel in a large bowl.
5. 5. Add the cooled honey-oil mixture to the flour mix.
6. 6. Knead everything well until a homogeneous dough forms.
7. 7. If the dough is too sticky or soft, add a little more flour.
8. 8. Cover the dough and let it rest in the refrigerator for one hour.
9. 9. Grease a baking sheet with some oil.
10. 10. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
11. 11. Take the dough out of the fridge and press it onto the baking sheet with slightly floured hands.
12. 12. Smooth the surface of the dough.
13. 13. Brush the surface thinly with condensed milk.
14. 14. Use a knife to lightly score a grid of 6 by 6 large squares into the dough.
15. 15. Decorate each square with almond slices and candied cherries.
16. 16. Place the tray on the middle rack in the oven.
17. 17. Bake the cake for 35 to 45 minutes until it is light brown.
18. 18. Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool down completely.
19. 19. Take the cake off the baking sheet.
20. 20. Divide the cake into individual squares along the previously scored lines.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 186
• Protein: 4 g · Fett/Fat: 7 g · Carbs: 26 g