Chocolate-Glazed Honey Cake
You likely have all the ingredients in your pantry already.
Recipe Summary Chocolate-Glazed Honey Cake
This is my mother's traditional honey cake, made every year for the Jewish new year Rosh Hashanah. We eat honey cake in order to have a sweet new year. I love the glaze for this especially - the cake is a little dry. I could eat the glaze with a spoon! Best served with tea.Ingredients | Ingredients To Make Chocolate Cake At Home4 cups all-purpose flour1 ½ cups white sugar1 cup honey3 large eggs½ cup vegetable oil½ cup brewed coffee1 tablespoon jam (any flavor)1 tablespoon baking powder1 teaspoon ground cinnamon½ teaspoon ground cloves¼ teaspoon baking soda½ cup white sugar¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder3 ½ tablespoons water1 teaspoon all-purpose flour½ cup margarine1 tablespoon brandyDirectionsPreheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease two 8x3-inch loaf pans.Mix 4 cups flour, 1 1/2 cups sugar, honey, eggs, oil, coffee, jam, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, and baking soda together in a bowl until smooth; spread evenly into the prepared loaf pans.Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Remove cake from pans and cool on a wire rack.Mix 1/2 cup sugar, cocoa powder, water, and 1 teaspoon flour together, stirring constantly, in a saucepan over low heat until mixture is smooth and thick, about 8 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat and add margarine and brandy; whisk until glaze is thickened. Refrigerate glaze until cooled, at least 15 minutes.Spread glaze over cooled cakes.Tea can be used in place of coffee.Info | Ingredients To Make Chocolate Cake At Homeprep:
15 mins
cook:
1 hr 8 mins
additional:
15 mins
total:
1 hr 38 mins
Servings:
16
Yield:
2 8x3-inch loaf pans
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