In the realm of culinary delights, the siphniac honey cake stands out as a testament to the enduring legacy of Greek gastronomy. Originating from the picturesque island of Sifnos in the Aegean Sea, this cake has captivated taste buds for centuries with its unique blend of flavors and textures. Immerse yourself in a journey of culinary exploration as we uncover the secrets behind crafting the perfect siphniac honey cake, a masterpiece that will transport you to the sun-kissed shores of Greece.
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HONEY CAKE RECIPE
I highly recommend to make the cake 1-2 days ahead of time. It will taste better and the flavors will be stronger. Keep it in the fridge but serve it at room temperature. If you want a super fluffy and airy cake, you can use the same recipe but separate the eggs. When the recipe calls for mixing eggs with sugar and honey, use only the egg yolks. After mixing all the ingredients, whisk the egg whites with a mixer until they form soft peaks, then gently fold into the batter using a spatula.
Provided by Shiran
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 340°F/170°C. Grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan.
- In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and cardamom/nutmeg. Set aside.
- In a mixer bowl fitted with the whisk attachment, whisk together eggs, granulated sugar, and honey on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 2-3 minutes. On low speed and with the mixer running, slowly add the oil and vanilla extract and beat until combined. Turn off mixer. Beat in the flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with the coffee/tea in 2 additions, starting and ending with the flour. Beat until smooth. Do not over mix.
- Pour the batter into prepared loaf pan. Sprinkle with nuts. Bake for 35-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. If the top is browning too fast while baking, cover pan loosely with aluminum foil. Allow cake to cool for 10 minutes, then remove from pan and set on a wire rack to cool completely.
- The cake tastes better a day after it's made. It's best served at room temperature. Cake will keep for 5 days in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
POLISH HONEY CAKE
Provided by Michael Symon : Food Network
Categories dessert
Time 1h25m
Yield 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Brush 4 (1 1/2 cup) brioche tins with melted butter, and sprinkle with 1/4 cup of the bread crumbs. Set aside.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Place honey in a mixing bowl and set over a pot of steaming water; warm until it gets loose. Add the sugar and egg yolks to the honey, and whisk until frothy. Remove the bowl from the heat and whisk in remaining bread crumbs and hazelnuts.
- In a separate bowl, whisk the egg whites until stiff and fold into the batter. Place mixture into the brioche tins and bake for 45 minutes.
- When cool remove from pan and garnish with whipped cream and a drizzle of honey.
MILK AND HONEY CAKE
The flavor of this ultrabuttery layer cake, adapted from Odette Williams's "Simple Cake" (Ten Speed Press, 2019), can be as mild or pronounced as you like, depending on the variety of honey you use. Clover honey will give you something gentle and mellow, while more assertive buckwheat or chestnut honey have more depth. You can serve the cake plain, with dollops of the whipped cream on the side, for a casual gathering, or frost and fill it, adding berries or other fruit, for a more celebratory affair. It makes an excellent birthday cake.
Provided by Melissa Clark
Categories cakes, dessert
Time 1h15m
Yield 10 to 12 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease two 8-inch round cake pans, line the bottoms with parchment paper and grease the parchment.
- Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a large bowl.
- In a small bowl, beat eggs until smooth.
- In a medium bowl, stir together buttermilk, honey and vanilla.
- Using an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter on medium speed to break it up, then gradually beat in sugar, continuing to beat until very light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes.
- With the mixer on medium speed, add eggs, 1 tablespoon at a time. If the mixture looks curdled at any point, add 1 tablespoon of the flour mixture to bind it back together.
- Reduce mixer to low and mix in a third of the flour mixture. Scrape down sides of bowl with a rubber spatula, then mix in half the buttermilk mixture. Mix in another third of the flour mixture, scraping down sides of bowl, then mix in remaining buttermilk mixture followed by remaining flour. Scrape down bowl.
- Scrape batter evenly into prepared pans and smooth tops with a spatula. Bake until the cake springs back when lightly pressed, and a toothpick inserted into center of the cake comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes.
- Transfer to a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes. Run an offset spatula or butter knife around edges of pan to loosen cakes, then unmold onto the rack, remove parchment and allow to cool completely.
- Just before serving, whip the cream with a drizzle or two of honey, to taste (up to 2 tablespoons if you like it sweet). Frost the top of one cake, top with the remaining cake then frost the top of the stacked cake. Drizzle with additional honey and garnish with berries, if you like.
RUSTIC HONEY CAKE
When my boys were young, they couldn't drink milk but they could have yogurt. This was a cake they could eat. And it's one dessert that doesn't taste overly sweet, which is always a nice change of pace. -Linda Leuer, Hamel, Minnesota
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 45m
Yield 12 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°. Grease a 9-in. cast-iron skillet., In a large bowl, beat butter and honey until blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in yogurt and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt; add to butter mixture. Transfer batter to prepared skillet., Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 30-35 minutes. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack. Serve with fruit, additional honey and, if desired, chopped pistachios., Freeze option: Securely wrap cooled cake in foil; freeze. To use, thaw at room temperature and top as directed.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 248 calories, Fat 9g fat (5g saturated fat), Cholesterol 53mg cholesterol, Sodium 257mg sodium, Carbohydrate 40g carbohydrate (24g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 4g protein.
JEWISH HONEY CAKE
Traditional honey cake, made for Rosh Hashanah to ensure a sweet New Year but also prepared by honey-cake lovers for special occasions.
Provided by Steve P.
Categories Dessert
Time 1h20m
Yield 1 Ten inch tube pan, 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
- Place the eggs, lemon juice, lemon rind, oil, honey and coffee in a bowl of an electric mixer.
- Mix on low speed until well blended.
- In a separate bowl combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cream of tartar, sugar and cinnamon with a fork until mixed.
- Gradually add the flour mixture to the eggs mixture, mixing for about 5 minutes or until well blended.
- Fold in the slivered almonds.
- Pour the batter into the tube pan.
- Bake in the oven for 50 minutes to 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 387.2, Fat 9.9, SaturatedFat 1.4, Cholesterol 52.9, Sodium 304.5, Carbohydrate 70.5, Fiber 1.7, Sugar 41.3, Protein 6.4
RUSSIAN HONEY CAKE
There are 3 different ways to make this cake...the hard way, the harder way, and the way we're gonna do it--the hardest way. Because it's that worth it. The tiny amount of bitterness we get from the burnt honey really is the secret here, and the slightly tangy whipped cream frosting provides a bit of acidity and lovely light texture; and unlike other frostings, it's not too sweet.
Provided by Chef John
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Eastern European Russian
Time 9h55m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Pour honey into a deep saucepan over medium heat. Boil until a shade darker and caramel-like in aroma, about 10 minutes. Turn off heat and whisk in cold water.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with a silicone mat (such as Silpat®). Place a mixing bowl and a whisk in the refrigerator.
- Place a large metal bowl over the lowest heat setting on the stovetop. Add butter, sugar, 1/4 cup of the burnt honey, and regular wildflower honey. Let sit until butter melts, 5 to 7 minutes.
- Meanwhile, combine baking soda, salt, and cinnamon in a small bowl.
- Whisk butter mixture and let sit until very warm to the touch. Whisk in eggs. Keep mixture over low heat until it gets very warm again; whisk in baking soda mixture. Remove from heat. Sift in flour in 2 or 3 additions, stirring well after each, until batter is easily spreadable.
- Transfer about 1/2 cup batter onto the prepared baking sheet. Spread into an 8- or 9-inch circle using an offset spatula. Shake and tap the pan to knock out any air bubbles.
- Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 6 to 7 minutes. Remove liner from the pan and let cake layer continue cooling until firm enough to remove, 6 to 7 minutes. Invert cake onto a round of parchment paper.
- Repeat until you have a total of 8 cake layers, letting each cool on an individual parchment round. Trim edges using a pizza wheel to ensure they are the same size; save scraps for crumb mixture.
- Spread remaining batter onto the lined baking sheet. Bake in the preheated oven until edges are dry, about 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and cut into small pieces; toss with reserved cake scraps.
- Return to the oven and continue to bake until browned, 7 to 10 minutes more. Let cool completely, 15 to 20 minutes. Transfer to a resealable bag and beat into fairly fine crumbs using a rolling pin. Set aside.
- Remove the bowl and whisk from the refrigerator. Pour in heavy cream. Whisk until soft peaks form. Add remaining burnt honey and sour cream; continue whisking until stiff peaks form.
- Place a cake layer on a parchment paper round on top of a pizza pan or serving plate. Spread a cup of frosting evenly on top, almost to the edge. Repeat with cake layers and frosting, pressing the layers in smooth-side down. Place last cake layer smooth-side up. Frost the top and sides of the cake. Cover with crumbs; clean any excess crumbs around base.
- Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 8 hours, to overnight. Transfer to a cake stand using 2 spatulas. Cut and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 795 calories, Carbohydrate 84.6 g, Cholesterol 243.6 mg, Fat 48.7 g, Fiber 1.2 g, Protein 9.5 g, SaturatedFat 29.5 g, Sodium 484.7 mg, Sugar 51.9 g
HONEY CAKE III
This is an easy-to-make recipe, and it tastes great. It's a simple cake made from scratch, flavored with honey and orange.
Provided by SNOWWHITE934
Categories Desserts Cakes Sheet Cake Recipes
Time 1h10m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
- Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine sugar, honey, oil, eggs and orange zest. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the orange juice, mixing just until incorporated. Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 359.8 calories, Carbohydrate 62.6 g, Cholesterol 62 mg, Fat 11 g, Fiber 0.9 g, Protein 5 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, Sodium 264.5 mg, Sugar 41.8 g
MOIST HOLIDAY HONEYCAKE
Spiced fragrant honey cake is a tradition on Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year, which generally falls in September). Unfortunately, most honey cakes turn out to be dry, brick-like things, inedible except with a hot beverage. Some call honey cake the fruitcake of the Jewish people. BUT NOT THIS ONE! This cake is genuinely moist and yummy. It will serve about 12 guests at a holiday meal, but I promise that your family will chisel away at it until it's gone before the morning comes.
Provided by Amybobamy
Categories Desserts Specialty Dessert Recipes Liqueur Dessert Recipes
Time 1h40m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Place an oven shelf in an upper position in oven, and preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 10-inch fluted tube pan (such as a Bundt® pan) with cooking spray.
- In a bowl, whisk together the unbleached flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg until thoroughly combined. In a separate large bowl, whisk together the canola oil, honey, white and brown sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, coffee, orange juice, and whiskey. With an electric mixer, beat the flour mixture into the honey mixture just until the batter is thoroughly incorporated. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake on upper shelf in the preheated oven until the cake is golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out with moist crumbs, about 1 hour. Cool for 20 minutes in the pan before turning the cake out onto a serving platter.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 554.5 calories, Carbohydrate 87.3 g, Cholesterol 46.5 mg, Fat 20.4 g, Fiber 1.6 g, Protein 5.6 g, SaturatedFat 1.9 g, Sodium 308.7 mg, Sugar 58.1 g
SIPHNIAC HONEY CAKE
This recipe is from an old "Cooking for Today Magazine", published by Good Housekeeping in 1973. The recipe features in a section of Greek recipes. Posted for Zaar World Tour 2005.
Provided by Mrs B
Categories Dessert
Time 45m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Sift the flour and chop in the butter; add 1 tablespoon of water and work to a smooth paste; roll out and use to line a flat tin with a slight edge.
- Mix together the cream cheese, honey, sugar and cinnamon, then mix in the beaten eggs.
- Sprinkle the cream cheese mixture over the pastry and sprinkle the top with the extra sugar and cinnamon.
- Bake in the centre of the oven, pr-heated to 350F / 180C /gas mark 4, for 30 minutes.
- Allow to cool and cut into slices for serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 508.6, Fat 29.6, SaturatedFat 17.2, Cholesterol 170, Sodium 280.1, Carbohydrate 54.9, Fiber 1, Sugar 32.6, Protein 8
GREEK ALMOND-HONEY CAKE
A traditional honey cake using almond meal instead of flour or semolina. Like many greek cakes, it is further enriched by a honey syrup, making it very rich. Greeks don't have a dessert like this after a meal - that would be too much of a good thing. Rather, we would have it with a cup of coffee in the early evening, after our afternoon siesta.
Provided by evelynathens
Categories Dessert
Time 1h
Yield 15 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Make the syrup first: bring 1 1/2 cups honey and 1 1/2 cups orange juice to a boil in a saucepan.
- Reduce heat and simmer for 5 min.
- Skim surface of syrup for any froth that may form.
- Allow syrup to cool.
- For cake: Preheat oven to 350F.
- Butter a 9 X 13 inch baking dish well.
- Sift together almond flour and baking soda.
- Beat egg whites with cream of tartar until you have a stiff meringue.
- Combine egg yolks, honey, yoghurt, almonds, orange juice concentrate, and orange zest.
- Stir into dry ingredients.
- Gently fold in 1/4 of meringue mixture to lighten almond batter, and then fold in the rest.
- It is OK to have a few white streaks.
- Pour batter into baking pan.
- Scatter blanched, slivered almonds over top.
- Bake until top is golden, about 45 minutes, or until cake tester comes out clean.
- Pour syrup over hot cake.
- Poke cake gently with a toothpick to help cake absorb syrup.
- Serve when cake is cool and syrup has been absorbed.
- This cake is great served with a dollop of very lightly-sweetened whipped cream.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 365.1, Fat 12.9, SaturatedFat 5, Cholesterol 74.8, Sodium 201.5, Carbohydrate 63.1, Fiber 1.3, Sugar 60.8, Protein 4.9
HABANERO HONEY SWEET CORN CAKE
This habanero honey sweet corn cake is spicy, sweet, savory, dense, moist, and very addictive! I also had no idea what to call this, as it's not really a cake, but it's also not a pie, or a pudding, or a custard, so I ended up with "cake" since it's inspired by sweet Mexican corn cake. No matter what you call this, it's phenomenal! Garnish with fresh fruit and top with crème fraiche, sour cream, Mexican crema, or whipped cream and freshly grated lime zest.
Provided by Chef John
Categories Cornbread
Time 55m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Generously butter a 9-inch pie dish.
- Combine fresh corn kernels, habanero pepper, eggs, water, and honey in a bowl. Puree with an immersion blender until almost smooth. Add flour, melted butter, cornmeal, salt, and baking powder; whisk until combined.
- Transfer mixture into the greased pie dish. Shake gently to settle mixture into the dish.
- Bake in the center of the preheated oven until golden brown and a wooden skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 45 to 55 minutes. Let cool until warm or room temperature before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 254.7 calories, Carbohydrate 31.6 g, Cholesterol 77 mg, Fat 13.4 g, Fiber 1.6 g, Protein 4.5 g, SaturatedFat 7.8 g, Sodium 296.9 mg
JUST-AS-SWEET-AS-HONEY CAKE
SOY-FREE Can be made NUT-FREE by omitting almonds Honey cake is a traditional dessert at Jewish celebrations, whether formal holidays or not, and is a fixture in the Ashkenazic Rosh Hashanah repertoire. In this recipe, dark agave nectar and maple syrup are combined to create a truly authentic flavor.
Provided by Nava Atlas
Yield Makes 2 loaves
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- 1. Preheat the oven to 325° F.
- 2. Combine the first 6 (dry) ingredients in a mixing bowl. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in the wet ingredients. Stir together until the wet and dry ingredients are thoroughly combined, then stir in the raisins.
- 3. Cut two pieces of baking parchment to fit the bottoms of two loaf pans. Lightly oil the sides. Divide the batter between the two lightly oiled loaf pans. Sprinkle the almonds evenly over the tops of the loaves.
- 4. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the center of a loaf tests clean. Take care not to overbake.
- 5. Allow the cakes to cool completely. Use a knife to go around the sides of the loaves to loosen, if needed, and carefully remove the loaves from the pans by tipping them into your hand, then set on a platter. Cut each loaf into 12 slices to serve.
SPICED-UP HONEY CAKE
Provided by David Waltuck
Categories Cake Ginger Dessert Bake Mother's Day Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur Spice Honey Cinnamon Potluck Nutmeg Kidney Friendly Vegetarian Pescatarian Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free Kosher
Yield Makes 1 cake; serves 10
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- 1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Oil a 12-cup Bundt pan or 13 x 9-inch rectangular cake pan.
- 2. First, make the cake: Combine the honey, oil, coffee, and vanilla in a small saucepan and heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture is well blended. Remove it from the heat and let cool.
- 3. Place the flour, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, coriander, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl and stir to blend.
- 4. Place the eggs and sugar in a medium-size bowl and beat with a mixer on medium speed until the mixture is pale yellow and very thick, 5 minutes.
- 5. Pour the honey mixture into the egg mixture and beat until well incorporated, 2 minutes. Stop the mixer occasionally and scrape down the sides until fully incorporated, 2 minutes more. Spread the batter evenly in the prepared pan and bake until the cake springs back when lightly touched with your finger and toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then place the pan on a wire rack to cool for 20 minutes. Run a long, sharp knife around the edge of the cake and invert It onto a rack to cool while you prepare the glaze.
- 6. Place the honey, sugar, and butter in a small saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Remove the glaze from the heat.
- 7. To glaze the cake, place it on a serving platter, Use a fork to gently poke holes all over the top of the cake. Brush on the glaze, letting it seep into the holes and down the sides. Serve the cake at room temperature.
GRANDMA SADIE'S HONEY CAKE
Honey cake is a traditional recipe for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. This recipe was found by my husband's aunt on a hand-written note - we think it belonged to his great-grandmother. I think the old recipes are the best! Some measurements have been converted from pounds for more modern conventions.
Provided by Dinah Berch
Time 1h20m
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a two 8-inch baking dishes.
- Beat sugar and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix honey into creamed butter-egg mixture.
- Sift flour, baking powder, and baking soda into a separate bowl. Slowly mix flour mixture, alternating with the coffee, into honey mixture until batter is just mixed. Fold almonds and raisins into batter; add orange zest, vanilla extract, and cinnamon into batter. Pour batter into the prepared baking dishes.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 363.2 calories, Carbohydrate 59.3 g, Cholesterol 38.5 mg, Fat 12.7 g, Fiber 2.4 g, Protein 6.3 g, SaturatedFat 4.3 g, Sodium 234.1 mg, Sugar 36.3 g
Tips:
- Use the right honey. The best type of honey for this cake is a thick, flavorful honey, such as buckwheat honey or wildflower honey. Avoid using a light, mild honey, as it will not provide enough flavor to the cake.
- Don't overmix the batter. Overmixing the batter will make the cake tough. Mix the batter just until the ingredients are combined.
- Bake the cake in a moderate oven. The ideal oven temperature for baking this cake is 350 degrees Fahrenheit. A higher temperature will cause the cake to brown too quickly and the inside may not be cooked through.
- Let the cake cool completely before frosting it. This will help the frosting to set properly and prevent it from sliding off the cake.
Conclusion:
Siphniac honey cake is a delicious and unique dessert that is perfect for any occasion. With its moist, flavorful crumb and sweet, tangy frosting, this cake is sure to please everyone. If you are looking for a new and exciting dessert to try, give Siphniac honey cake a try. You won't be disappointed!
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