Sarah Downings's Honey cake! (By Erin A. Craig)

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 04:47:18 GMT

Step 1

Make a steam bath by adding boiling water to a bowl. In a second bowl, and the honey, butter, and sugar. Place that bowl on top of the steam bath and stir contents until combined and melted.

Step 2

In a separate bowl, beat eggs and baking soda together. Slowly add the egg mixture to the honey, butter and sugar mixture, stirring continuously

Step 3

Once the ingredients are fully incorporated, cook for an additional 30 to 40 minutes over the steam bath, until color becomes a rich caramel brown. Remove the bowl from the steam bath, add vanilla extract, flour and cinnamon.

Step 4

Preheat the oven to 350

Step 5

Add a generous amount of flour to work surface, separate the dough into teo evenly sized balls. With a rolling pin, roll each ball into a thin layer. Move the dough onto baking sheet.

Step 6

Bake each cake layer until golden brown (5-7 minutes) To make the layers perfect circles,, cut with stencil. Save scraps for decorating. Allow cake layers to cool before beginning assembly.

Step 7

Whip all ingredients of cream together on low

Step 8

Assemble the cake by frosting each layer with equal amounts of cream. Stack layers then frost the top.

Step 9

Break down the remaining cake scraps til there only crumbs. Sprinkle over the assembled cake. Allow the cake to sit in the fridge overnight. Remove 30 minutes before serving.

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