Hanukkah Honey Cake Recipe

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Hanukkah Honey Cake
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Ingredients:

  • 3 eggs
  • 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 3/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1-1/4 cups honey
  • 2/3 cup strong coffee
  • 1-1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
  • if you like the canned frosting, 2 containers (16 oz each) vanilla frosting should do the trick
  • yellow food coloring
  • 1 (13 x 9 inch) cake board, covered, or large tray
  • pastry bag and medium writing and star tips
  • 8 small white candles

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 325°F.
  2. Grease and flour 13 X 9 inch baking pan.
  3. Beat eggs in large bowl at high speed of electric mixer until thick and lemon colored, about 5 minutes.
  4. Beat in brown sugar and oil.
  5. Add honey and coffee; stir well.
  6. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and spices in small bowl; add to batter and stir well.
  7. Stir in walnuts and grated peels.
  8. Pour into prepared pan.
  9. Bake 40 to 45 minutes until cake is golden and wooden toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
  10. Cool in pan on wire rack 15 minutes.
  11. Remove from pan to rack; cool.
  12. If cake top is rounded, trim horizontally with long serrated knife. Place cake on prepared cake board.
  13. Frost top and sides of cake with 1 container frosting.
  14. Using a diagram as guide, cut pattern of a Menorah from waxed paper. Trace around pattern with wooden toothpick; remove pattern.
  15. Tint remaining container frosting yellow. To tint frosting, add small amount of desired food coloring; stir well. Slowly add more coloring until frosting is desired shade. Spoon frosting into pastry bag fitted with medium writing tip. Outline menorah pattern with frosting. Using star tip, fill in menorah and pipe decorative border around edge of cake. Insert candles.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 5.26 Kcal (22 kJ)
Calories from fat 2.2 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0.24g 0%
Cholesterol 0.4mg 0%
Sodium 2.03mg 0%
Potassium 2.06mg 0%
Total Carbs 0.74g 0%
Sugars 0.42g 2%
Dietary Fiber 0.02g 0%
Protein 0.07g 0%
Calcium 0.6mg 0%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 370.18 Kcal (1550 kJ)
Calories from fat 154.53 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 17.17g 0%
Cholesterol 28.45mg 0%
Sodium 142.78mg 0%
Potassium 144.83mg 0%
Total Carbs 51.74g 0%
Sugars 29.48g 2%
Dietary Fiber 1.47g 0%
Protein 5.16g 0%
Vitamin C 0.8mg 0%
Iron 1mg 0%
Calcium 41.9mg 0%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 0.1
    Points
  • 0
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

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