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Name: Honey Cakes
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 1
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 8 tb Butter; 4 c Flour; 3 tb Superfine sugar; 2 tb Honey; 1 1/2 Baking powder; 1 Egg yolk; 1 Full egg plus the white; 1 c milk; Salt; 3 tb Almonds blanched, ground; 1 c Heather honey

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INGREDIENTS

8 tb Butter
4 c Flour
3 tb Superfine sugar
2 tb Honey
1 1/2 Baking powder
1 Egg yolk
1 Full egg ; plus the white
1 c milk
Salt
HONEY TOPPING
3 tb Almonds ; blanched, ground
1 c Heather honey

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INSTRUCTIONS

To make about twenty-four 2 inch cakes . This recipe is dates from 1872. An alternative finish is to serve these light littles cakes hot with warm honey. In a bowl, rub the butter into the flour. In another bowl, beat the egg yolks into the milk. In a saucepan over low heat, gently heat the sugar and honey,stirring then until they are well mixed.Then stir in the baking powder. Alternately add the honey mixture and the milk mixture to the butter and flour, mixing the ingredients very well. Add a pinch of salt and mix again.Put the resulting dough on a floured board roll it very lightly to a thickness of about 1/2 inch. Cut out about 24 rounds. Place the rounds on a buttered baking sheet and bake in a preheated oven for about 20 minutes, or until they are lightly browned. Remove cakes to a rack of the cakes. Put the rack of cakes into a very cool 250 F oven for no longer then five minutes to set. The cakes may be served either hot or cold. Posted to MM-Recipes Digest by Cozinha@aol.com on Sep 1, 1998, converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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Honey Cakes

8 tb Butter
4 c Flour
3 tb Superfine sugar
2 tb Honey
1 1/2 Baking powder
1 Egg yolk
1 Full egg plus the white
1 c milk
 Salt
 HONEY TOPPING
3 tb Almonds blanched, ground
1 c Heather honey

To make about twenty-four 2 inch cakes .    This recipe is dates from 1872. An alternative finish is to serve these  light littles cakes hot with warm honey.    In a bowl, rub the butter into the flour. In another bowl, beat the egg  yolks into the milk.    In a saucepan over low heat, gently heat the sugar and honey,stirring then  until they are well mixed.Then stir in the baking powder.    Alternately add the honey mixture and the milk mixture to the butter and  flour, mixing the ingredients very well. Add a pinch of salt and mix  again.Put the resulting dough on a floured board roll it very lightly to a  thickness of about 1/2 inch.    Cut out about 24 rounds. Place the rounds on a buttered baking sheet and  bake in a preheated oven for about 20 minutes, or until they are lightly  browned. Remove cakes to a rack of the cakes. Put the rack of cakes into a  very cool 250 F oven for no longer then five minutes to set. The cakes may  be served either hot or cold.    Posted to MM-Recipes Digest  by Cozinha@aol.com on Sep 1, 1998, converted  by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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Serving Size: 1 Serving (1253g)
Recipe Makes: 1

Calories: 4498
Calories from Fat: 1052 (23%)

Amt Per Serving		% DV

	Total Fat 116.9g	156 %
	Saturated Fat 63.7g	318 %
	Monounsaturated Fat 33.9g
	Polyunsanturated Fat 9.5g
Cholesterol 644.8mg		198 %
Sodium 775.6mg		27 %
Potassium 1155.4mg		30 %
Total Carbohydrate 802g		236 %
	Dietary Fiber 19.2g	77 %
	Sugars, other 782.8g
Protein 78.1g		112 %
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Calories per serving: 4498

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