Honey Loaf
Sweet, moist, moreish cake loaf. A perfect accompaniment with your tea or coffee.
Ingredients
- 227 g butter
- 100 g light muscavado sugar
- 280 g raw honey
- 190 g plain flour
- 110 g self rasing flour
- 3 large eggs
Instructions
- In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter and sugar until dissolved, then allow to cool.
- Preheat the oven to gas 3, 160°C or 325°F
- Sieve the flour
- Mix the honey with the butter and dissolved sugar and add to the flour to create a batter.
- Beat the eggs and add to the batter in three parts, beating to incorporate the eggs between each addition.
- Pour the batter into a lined 2 lb loaf tin
- Place in oven on middle shelf and check with a skewer after 1 hour.
- When skewer is removed clean then remove loaf to a cooling rack.
- Brush the top with honey to glaze.
- Enjoy warm.
Notes
This recipe makes amazing muffins. Fill muffin cases 3/4 full and reduce cooking times to suit.