Honey Cake

From: Cilantro in Canada

On Sep 27, 2009

This was great. I reduced the amount of honey to 1 1/4 cup and used applesauce in place of the oil. This was too sweet when hot, but perfect when cool. My family loved it. Thanks for the recipe.

From: the80srule

On Sep 25, 2009

Scrumptious! I agree with the other reviewer about the honey-- I did not have nearly enough, barely 1 cup. But I think my cake came out delicious that way. To cut down on fat and calories I subbed the oil with some applesauce, and low-fat coffee-flavored yogurt (so it's not kosher, but honey, I'm as Jewish as the Hannukah section at Walgreens.) I made up for the missing honey with a cup of low-fat vanilla yogurt. The result? A heavenly cake my girlfriends and I couldn't get enough of! It fit in a 10" pie pan and I baked it for 40 min in my convection oven since Casa Ghetto lacks a real oven.

From: jkoch960

On Jun 15, 2008

Yum! We really enjoyed this cake. Nice and moist! I know this won't last long in my house! Thanks for sharing!

From: Lynne the Pirate Queen

On Nov 26, 2008

I've actually made this twice now, and ironically, the first time came out better than the second. The first time I made the cake, I wasn't paying attention and wrongly assumed — in my haste and unwillingness to measure if I didn't have to — that my 12 oz. (by weight) bottle of honey would equal 1 and a half cups. When I made the cake the second time, I had a 16 oz. bottle of honey, and was surprised to find, upon measuring it out, that even THAT size was not quite equal to the amount called for in the recipe! Amazingly, my fiance and I found that the cake had better flavor/texture with the lesser amount of honey, and a stronger coffee. We loved the cake both times (it barely survived a few days in our house), however, so either way it is still a supurb cake...it's wonderful chiffon-like texture and great spicy flavor made my fiance declare that this should become part of my holiday baking this year. Thanks for a winner! (Oh, BTW... I didn't have extra large eggs, so I used 5 large ones instead, and it worked out fine both times!)