King Wilfred's Honey Cakes
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Yields 24 cakes
Cakes
4 cups sifted flour
1/2 cup butter
2 tablespoons superfine sugar
2 tablespoons honey
2 egg yolks
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup milk
pinch of salt
Topping
1 egg white
1 cup heather honey
3 tablespoons ground almonds
Cakes
Rub butter into the flour. Beat egg yolks and mix with milk. Combine sugar
and honey in small saucepan and heat over low flame, stirring until well mixed.
Stir in baking powder.
Add sugar/honey mixture to the flour/butter mixture, alternating with the
egg yolks/milk mixture. Mix everything together very well; add salt and mix again.
Gently roll onto a floured board to approximately 1/2 inch thickness. Cut into 24 rounds.
Place rounds on greased baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
Remove to a rack to cool. When cool, add topping.
Topping
Lightly beat egg white. Combine honey with ground almonds. Paint the tops of the cakes
with the egg white, then spread the honey/almond mixture over the tops of the cakes.
Bake in a very cool oven for no longer than 5 minutes to set. Eat either hot or cold
and let your imagination soar.
Yields 24 cakes
Cakes
4 cups sifted flour
1/2 cup butter
2 tablespoons superfine sugar
2 tablespoons honey
2 egg yolks
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup milk
pinch of salt
Topping
1 egg white
1 cup heather honey
3 tablespoons ground almonds
Cakes
Rub butter into the flour. Beat egg yolks and mix with milk. Combine sugar
and honey in small saucepan and heat over low flame, stirring until well mixed.
Stir in baking powder.
Add sugar/honey mixture to the flour/butter mixture, alternating with the
egg yolks/milk mixture. Mix everything together very well; add salt and mix again.
Gently roll onto a floured board to approximately 1/2 inch thickness. Cut into 24 rounds.
Place rounds on greased baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
Remove to a rack to cool. When cool, add topping.
Topping
Lightly beat egg white. Combine honey with ground almonds. Paint the tops of the cakes
with the egg white, then spread the honey/almond mixture over the tops of the cakes.
Bake in a very cool oven for no longer than 5 minutes to set. Eat either hot or cold
and let your imagination soar.
