Honig-Kuchen

Ingredients

• lib. of honey
• lib. of sugar
• lib. of unblanched, finely chopped almonds
• a saltspoonful of powdered cinnamon
• a saltspoonful of cloves
• a saltspoonful of ginger
• a grate of nutmeg
• a pinch of white pepper
• a few cardamoms
• a tiny pinch of potash
• lib. of cornflour

Method

1. 1

   Boil honey and sugar together till thin, then stir in chopped almonds, spices, and cornflour.

2. 2

   Mix to a smooth dough and leave to rise in a warm place overnight.

3. 3

   Roll out, cut into pieces, ornament with almonds, and bake, glazing with sugar.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Bread, cakes, and biscuits (1902) by S. Beaty-Pownall, page 101. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ib. of sugar, and whip it over a gentle fire till lukewarm, then lift it off, and continue the whipping until it is quite cold and light. Now stir in 4oz. ground almonds, 6oz. ground rice or creme de riz, and 5oz. of butter beaten to a cream. Place this mixture in square moulds or saucers, well buttered, and bake in a moderate oven. When baked and perfectly cold, trim the cakes, spread them with apricot jam, then place them one on top of the other neatly, and ice the whole with orange glace made thus : Put 6oz. finest icing sugar into a stewpan with three FOREIGN CAKES. 159 dessertspoonfuls of orange juice, and stir it over the fire till just warm, and use. Of course, if liked, half orange juice, half liqueur may be used in making the glace. Dainty Calces (American). — Cream 4oz. fresh butter with Jib. caster sugar ; sift together 4oz. corn flour and 6oz. wheat flour, with a teaspoonful of cream of tartar and half a teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda, then mix this lightly to the creamed butter in alternate spoonfuls with the stiffly-whipped whites of eight eggs. Flavour with lemon peel, rose or orange flower water to taste, and bake in a buttered papered cake tin, covering it lightly with paper over the top to save it from over-colouring. Honig-Kuchen (German). — Boil together lib. each of honey and sugar till thin, then stir in lib. of unblanched, finely chopped almonds, a saltspoonful each of powdered cinnamon, cloves, and ginger, a grate of nutmeg, a little finely shred candied peel, a pinch of white pepper, a few cardamoms, a tiny pinch of potash dissolved in a little brandy, and lib. of cornflour

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.