Grandma's Honey Cake

Title:
Grandma's Honey Cake

Yield:
16 Servings

Categories:
Cake,
Family




Ingredients:





     6    Eggs


     1 lb Honey


     1 c  Coffee, Strong


     6 c  Flour, Sifted (Light)


     4 ts Baking Powder


     2 ts Baking Soda


   3/4 c  Oil


   1/3 c  Whiskey


     1 pn Salt, (In The Eggs)


     1 ts Nutmeg, (Or To Taste)


     1 ts Allspice, (Or To Taste)


   1/2 ts Cloves (Ground), (Or To


          -Taste)


          Cinnamon, To Taste


          Walnuts, (about 1/2 cup)






 Sift the dry ingredients together. Beat eggs with salt. Add sugar & oil


 together. Beat well. Add honey. Mix well. Add coffee & whiskey. alternately


 with dry ingredients. Until all are incorporated. Add walnuts if desired,


 leaving a few to decorate the top of the cake. Pour into a greased, (brown


 paper bag works fine) paper lined Baking Pan (Lasagna sized).


 


 Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or more , until cake tests done when a


 toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.


 


 NOTES : I start with the prescribed amounts of spices  and then add more


 according to smell.


 Recipe by: Grandma Fannie Hopin Posted to JEWISH-FOOD digest V97 #149 by


 Goldtag1@aol.com on May 2, 1997