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Here are more than 100 truly great American recipes that no home baker should be without: chocolate layer cakes and blueberry pie, cherry cobbler and apple pandowdy, lemon meringue and chocolate cream pie, baked custard and Indian pudding, chocolate chip cookies and gingerbread men, butterscotch pudding and baked apple dumplings. Enhanced with delightful anecdotes and historical tidbits culled from three centuries of cookery and housekeeping books, MOM'S BEST DESSERTS is a cookbook collector's dream.
Mom's Best Desserts: 100 classic treats that taste as good now as they did then
by Andrea Chesman, Fran Raboff
Publisher: Storey Books
Date: October 2002
ISBN:
1580174809
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Honey Cake
From: Mom's Best Desserts by Andrea Chesman, Fran Raboff
(Storey Books; October 2002; ISBN: 1580174809; PB)
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Honey cakes were standard fare at teas given by abolitionists in the early 1800s. They were popular because honey replaced the more common molasses, a sweetener produced by slave labor. Today, honey cake is a traditional dessert on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, when honey is eaten in hopes of having a sweet year. The rich honey cake goes well with raw apples dipped in honey, another Jewish New Year tradition.

Servings: 12

  • 1 cup dark honey, such as buckwheat
  • 1/2 cup strong brewed black coffee
  • 2 1/2 cups sifted unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 3 large eggs
  • 3/4 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 teaspoons finely grated orange zest
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
  • 2 tablespoons finely chopped candied orange peel (optional)
  • Sifted confectioners' sugar
  1. Preheat the oven to 300°F. Thoroughly grease and flour a 9- by 5-inch loaf pan. Set aside.
  2. In a small saucepan, mix together the honey and coffee over moderate heat, stirring until combined. Set aside; cool to lukewarm.
  3. Sift together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, allspice, baking soda, ginger, salt, and cloves. Set aside.
  4. In a mixing bowl, beat the eggs and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually add the oil and continue beating until thoroughly blended. Add the orange zest. Add the flour mixture alternately with the honey mixture, mixing just until the batter is smooth and blended. Fold in the nuts and the candied orange peel (if using). Spoon the batter into the prepared pan.
  5. Bake for 60 to 65 minutes, until a cake tester inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
  6. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Turn the cake out of the pan and cool completely. Wrap the cake in aluminum foil or plastic wrap and let it stand overnight to allow the flavors to intensify. Sprinkle with the confectioners' sugar and cut into very thin slices.

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