Recipe: Honey Cake (using coffee and banana), ADA Holiday Cookbook, 1980's)

HONEY CAKE

3 eggs
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup soft margarine
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1/8 tsp ground cloves
1/4 cup honey
1 cup cold strong coffee
1 ripe banana, mashed

Beat the eggs until thick. Add the sugar gradually. Beat in the margarine; set aside.

Stir the flour, baking powder, baking soda and spices together. Add gradually to the creamed mixture with the honey and coffee. Beat until combined. Add the banana. Pour the batter into a lightly oiled and floured tube pan or 2 (9-inch) loaf pans.

Bake in 350 F oven for 45 to 50 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes before removing from the pan. Cool thoroughly before slicing.

Makes 1 Bundt cake or 2 (9x5-inch) loaves, 24 servings

Per serving: 93 calories, 1 bread exchange, 1/2 fat 15 grams carbohydrate, 2 grams protein, 3 grams fat 76 mg sodium, 41 mg potassium, 33 mg cholesterol

Makes 1 tube pand or 2 (9-inch) loaves, 24 servings
Source: American Diabetes Association Holiday Cookbook by Betty Wedman