Grandma Sadies Honey Cake Recipes

GRANDMA'S HONEY BUN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly oil a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Combine cake mix, sour cream, eggs, and oil in a bowl. Beat with an electric mixer for 3 minutes. Pour half of the batter into the prepared baking pan.
• Mix brown sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl. Sprinkle over batter in the pan. Carefully pour the remainder of the batter over the cinnamon-sugar layer.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes.
• Mix confectioners' sugar, milk, and vanilla together in a bowl. Poke holes in the hot cake with a fork and pour sugar mixture over the top of the cake. Let cake cool completely before serving, about 30 minutes.

GRANDMA'S HONEY CAKE (NON-DAIRY)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 150°C (300°F). Line a 31 cm x 21 cm (12" x 8") tin with baking paper.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat the egg whites, gradually adding sugar until the mixture is very thick (about 3 min with an electric mixer on high speed).
• In a small mixing bowl, beat egg yolks until pale and creamy. Add honey and oil, and mix until combined.
• Fold the honey mixture into the egg whites.
• Add chopped walnuts and flour. In a tablespoon, combine baking soda with vinegar (the mixture will fizz) and add to mixing bowl. Beat on high speed until well combined.
• Pour into prepared tin and bake for 50 min, or until a skewer inserted in to the centre comes out clean.
• Cool cake in tin. To serve, slice into diamond-shaped slices and arrange on a platter.

GRANDMA ROSE'S HONEY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees; generously grease and flour two 9x5 loaf pans.
• In a large1-quart saucepan, combine the coffee and honey and bring to a boil; let cool.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat the egg; stir in the oil and brown sugar.
• In another large mixing bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and ginger.
• Stir in the nuts and raisins; (the recipe said that Grandpa Sid always said, "Not enough nuts!" so Grandma always put extra in---smile).
• Alternately stir the dry flour mixture and the wet honey mixture into the egg mixture.
• Pour the batter into the loaf pans and bake for 70 minutes or until the cakes are springy to the touch.
• Let cool for 10 minutes, then turn onto wire cooling racks to cool.
• Wrap tightly in foil and let sit for 24 hours, so that the flavor of the honey has time to develop.

MY GRANDMOTHER'S HONEY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Coat two 4- x 8-inch loaf pans with cooking spray.
• In a small bowl, combine honey and baking soda; mix well and set aside.
• In a large bowl, beat eggs, oil, vanilla, and sugar. Add coffee and wine; mix well. Add remaining ingredients and the honey mixture and beat until thoroughly combined. Pour into loaf pans.
• Bake 60 to 65 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

GRANDMA'S RED VELVET CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar, until light and fluffy. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, make a paste out of the red food coloring, cocoa and salt. Remove bowl from stand mixer and mix in paste by hand to the creamed butter. In a measuring cup, stir eggs with buttermilk and add to batter. Mix in vinegar and vanilla, and then add flour and baking soda. Mix until combined but do not over mix.
• Butter a sheet pan. Lay parchment on top. Butter the parchment. Pour batter into pan and smooth the top to even the batter out, using an offset spatula. Bake cake until a toothpick comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Remove from oven and cool in pan.
• Meanwhile, make the frosting: Heat all ingredients in a medium saucepan. Whisk until sauce thickens, about 15 minutes. Let cool slightly before using.
• Invert cake onto a cutting board and slice into quarters from the longer side. To assemble cake, spread 1 of the quarters with some of the frosting to cover. Sprinkle with a quarter of the pecans. Add another layer of cake and repeat. Continue until last layer is added. Frost the top of that and sprinkle with remaining pecans.

GRANDMA SADIE'S HONEY CAKE

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.