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Honey Sponge Cake

6 eggs, separated
1 cup sugar
3 Tbsps. honey
3 Tbsps. strong black coffee
2 Tbsps. oil
1 tsp cinnamon
3 cloves, crushed (optional)
1 Tbsp brandy
1 1/4 cups flour
1 1/2 tsps. baking powder

Preheat oven to 350.

In a small mixer bowl beat egg whites with 1/2 cup sugar untill stiff but not dry and set aside.

In a separate bowl, cream egg yolks and 1/2 cup sugar. Add honey, coffee, oil, cinnamon, cloves and brandy. Beat until thick and light in color.

With a spatula, fold in flour and baking powder until well blended. Then fold in egg whites gently and carefully until well blended. Pour into ungreased tube pan. Bake for 1 hour. When done immediately invert on soda bottle. Cool at least 3 hours before removing so that cake will not fall. When cool, loosen edges and remove cake from pan.

USE: 10-inch tube pan
YIELDS: 1 cake

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Excerpted from Spice and Spirit, The Complete Kosher Jewish Cookbook, published by Lubavitch Women's Cookbook Publications

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Latest Comments:

Posted: Oct 6, 2011

brandy substution in spong cake

You said just omit liqour. So i guess I could put vanilla or orther flavoring, or get brandy extract and pur a little, then taste, because I wouldn't know exact amt. ?
Thank you

Posted By betty durmeier, jonesburg, mo usa

Posted: Sep 29, 2011

tube pan

A tube pan is like an angel food or bundt pan where a tube comes up the middle. When you remove the pan from the oven turn it upside down. If the cake does not extend over the top of the pan you can cool it on a wire rack. But if the cake is taller than the sides of the pan the rack will squish it because of the weight of the pan. This problem was solved in the 'old days' by setting the top of the tube of the inverted pan over the mouth of a glass soda pop bottle. Plastic? Be careful.

Posted By Laura, Everett, WA

Posted: Sep 28, 2011

honey spong cake

i am making this cake for a family member and have a question on inverting the cake on a soda
bottle, could you please tell me how this is done.
the recipe sounds wonderful. thank you.

Posted By Anonymous, las vegas , nv,usa

Posted: Sep 28, 2011

Invert on soda bottle?

I'm imagining this wrong, I'm sure. Can someone explain what I'm supposed to do at the "invert on soda bottle" step? Thanks!

Posted By TFrager, Fort COllins, CO

Posted: Sep 25, 2011

Re Brandy

You can substitute with any other liquor such as whiskey or even vodka, if you prefer a non alcoholic version simply omit the alcohol.

Posted By Mrs. Chana Benjaminson
via mychabad.org

Posted: Sep 25, 2011

Brandy in cake

Is there a substitute????

Posted By betty durmeier, jonesburg, mo. usa

Posted: Sep 6, 2011

re:honey sponge cake

Shalom :)
Is it possible to substitute or omit the brandy in the sponge honey cake recipe?

Posted By Nessa, valley stream, Ny

Posted: Feb 27, 2011

About Honey Sponge CAke

about inmediately invert on Soda bottle ?
do you mean to invert the cake and rested on a bowl with Soda water >

Sorry my ignorance but I have not much experience making Cakes.

Thanks for your response .

Elsa

Posted By Anonymous, Sydney , Australia

Posted: Sep 30, 2008

Preheat oven to 350

Hi,
Internet is a global thing and therefore you
should state temperature in units:
Fahrenheit, Celsius or Kelvin for example.
You will save many delicious cakes around the world from burning.
Kind Regards,

Posted By Mark, Sydney , Australia

Posted: Sep 12, 2007

Tov Todah

Shalom! Thank you for prepareing and introdusing all these materials for Every Jew. I am really satisfied when I visit this web. Thank you, my Jewish Brothers and Sisters.

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