A cake that is wonderfully balanced with sweetness and spice, and so simple to prepare. This honey and mixed spice loaf cake is made almost solely from storecupboard ingredients and topped with a simple icing. It's a wonderful cake to make when expecting guests, or simply enjoy it as a teatime treat to yourself!
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Yields:
8
Prep Time:
20 mins
Cook Time:
50 mins
Total Time:
1 hr 10 mins
Cal/Serv:
393
Ingredients
2 Tbsp. runny honey
200 g unsalted butter
80 g dark brown soft sugar
2 large eggs
200 g self-raising flour
1 1/2 tsp. mixed spice
100 g icing sugar, sifted
Directions
Step 1
Put honey, butter and brown sugar into a pan; melt together over low heat. When sugar has dissolved, turn up heat. Leave to bubble for 1min. Take off the heat and leave to cool for 15min.
Step 2
Preheat oven to 160°C (140°C fan) mark 3. Line a 900g loaf tin with baking parchment. Mix the eggs into the butter pan. Next, sift the flour and mixed spice into a large bowl and add the butter mixture. Mix well, then pour into the prepared tin. Bake for 40-50min or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.
Step 3
Leave cake to cool for 5min in the tin, then take out and leave to cool completely on a wire rack.
Step 4
When cake is cool, make the glaze. Put icing sugar into a bowl and whisk in just enough water to get a runny consistency. Drizzle over cooled cake; leave to harden a little. Serve in slices spread with butter, if you like.
Keep cake in an airtight container for up to two days.
Try adding citrus zest to the icing for an added zing, if you like.
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