If you like honey and you also like chocolate, you will love this recipe for a honey chocolate cake! It is a combination of two of the most wonderful things on earth! Well, other than chocolate and peanut butter, I think honey and chocolate goes quite well together too.
I watch quite a lot of Nigella Lawson’s cooking shows so the honey chocolate cake recipe is her recipe, not mine. However, I’d still like to share it here since it is absolutely wonderful!
Honey chocolate cake
Nigella Lawson’s Honey Chocolate Cake Recipe
Ingredients
115gm bittersweet chocolate, broken into pieces
1 1/3 cups light brown sugar
226gm unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup honey
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon cocoa powder
1 cup boiling water
Instructions
1. Melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl over boiling water. Set aside to cool slightly.
2. Preheat oven to 180 degree Celsius. Butter a 9-inch springform pan and line the bottom with wax paper.
3. Sift flour, soda and cocoa together.
4. Beat together the sugar and butter, until airy and creamy. Add the honey. Add eggs one at a time, adding a tablespoon of flour with each.
5. Fold in the melted chocolate, followed by the dry ingredients.
6. Then add the boiling water, mixing well to make a smooth batter.
7. Pour into prepared pan and bake for one hour, or until a cake tester comes out clean. If the cake is still loose after 45 minutes, yet the top is appears quite cooked, gently lay a piece of foil atop the cake.
8. Cool cake completely in the pan on a rack. Remove the sides. Invert it onto a cake plate. (If the top stays just perfectly rounded, yes, flip it back over. If it sinks a bit, inverting the cake will mask the problem.) Slide strips wax paper under the edges to keep the plate free of glaze.
You can also place a honey glaze on the cake for some extra honey goodness! Here’s the recipe:
Sticky Honey Glaze
Ingredients
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup honey
170gm semi sweet chocolate
3/4 cup confectioners sugar
Instructions
1. Bring honey and water to a boil.
2. Turn off heat and add the chocolate. Let it rest while the chocolate melts, then whisk gently. Sift the sugar into the pan (to avoid lumps) and whisk until smooth.
3. Make the glaze in plenty of time to let it cool. If you put it on a warm cake or if it is still warm, the glaze will run right off. When the cake is cool and the glaze is room temperature, the honey glaze turns your cake into a shiny, irresistible confection.
Enjoy your very own home made honey chocolate cake!
