Ingredients
Cake:
3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
2/3 cup shortening
3 eggs
3/4 cup GOLDEN BLOSSOM HONEY
3 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teapoon soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon allspice
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup brewed coffee, cooled
3 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, coarsely chopped
1 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
1/2 cup raisins
Syrup:
1/2 cup GOLDEN BLOSSOM HONEY
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon butter
Honey Tips
How Honey is Made
To make honey, bees drop the collected nectar into the honeycomb and then evaporate it by fanning their wings.
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 °
Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan. In a large bowl beat together brown sugar and shortening until well combined. Add eggs one at a time, beating well. Add honey and mix well.
In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg and salt. Add dry ingredients to honey mixture in 3 additions, alternating with the coffee. Beat until combined. Stir in apples, walnuts and raisins. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake approximately 1 hour or until cakes tests done.
Let cake cool 10 minutes on a rack. Meanwhile prepare syrup. Place syrup ingredients in a small pan. Bring to a boil, remove from heat. Leaving cake in pan, place on a plate large enough to catch any syrup that may seep out. Poke a few hole in top of cake with skewer or toothpick. Pour syrup over cake and let cool. Remove cake from pan.
Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan. In a large bowl beat together brown sugar and shortening until well combined. Add eggs one at a time, beating well. Add honey and mix well.
In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg and salt. Add dry ingredients to honey mixture in 3 additions, alternating with the coffee. Beat until combined. Stir in apples, walnuts and raisins. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake approximately 1 hour or until cakes tests done.
Let cake cool 10 minutes on a rack. Meanwhile prepare syrup. Place syrup ingredients in a small pan. Bring to a boil, remove from heat. Leaving cake in pan, place on a plate large enough to catch any syrup that may seep out. Poke a few hole in top of cake with skewer or toothpick. Pour syrup over cake and let cool. Remove cake from pan.
