Sunday, April 12, 2009

Weekend Warrior

I'm a weekend warrior when it comes to baking. My full-time job leaves me tired on most weeknights, even though I would love to bake every night if I could! But, I save my energy for the weekend and then often have marathon baking sessions. This weekend I was anxious to try a recipes I found for "The Best Honey Bundt Cake." The reviews said it was moist, delicious, and always turns out fantastic. Although I followed the instructions very carefully, I was somewhat disappointed in the results. The recipe described the batter as thin, which it was. It took the full 70 minutes to cook. I was sure the raisins were going to sink to the bottom of the pan, which they did. This resulted in a cluster of raisins on the top of the cake, which was visually interesting, but I like my raisins distributed through the cake. The cake is definitely moist. It's very sticky as well (as you might guess from the addition of 1-1/2 cups of honey). The consistency is a bit like a bread pudding. I won't bother printing the recipe here, but here is a link to it.

http://www.recipezaar.com/The-Best-Honey-Bundt-Cake-71494


Make sure you grease and flour the pan. This cake does not come of of the pan easily.


"The Best Honey Bundt Cake"

2 comments:

  1. I can't judge because I haven't tried it, but South African honeycake pudding still gets my vote! Although everything you make is delicious, so I bet this is wonderful. Speaking of honey, have you tried that banana bread recipe I told you about that calls for honey? The one I thought wasn't as good as my basic stand by, but that I actually think is better?!

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