CORNWALL HONEY SPICE MORNING CAKE - JAN 1, 2023

For my first Poldark recipe I chose the morning cake for two reasons.  1) after the holidays, I'm tired of cooking and 2) I happened to have all the ingredients in stock!  If you watched the series, you would have seen Aunt Agatha munching away on such a delicacy as this morning cake.  Honey spice cake was a popular breakfast at Trenwith, the Poldark manor house.  Besides being a popular morning dish, this cake would also be served to guests who visited in the afternoon along with brandy or port. (they sure drank a lot of port in that day)   Teetotaler that I am, I will not be serving brandy or port with my cake.  Whether you are drinking port or tea or coffee, I can assure you this cake will most definitely compliment your choice of drink.  It reminded me of a simple boxed pumpkin bread.  It was easy to make, the house smelled amazing and I actually liked it! I felt a little like Demelza for a few minutes!  January in the Poldark kitchen was a success!  On to February...

Ingredients:

• 2 Eggs
• 1/2 c sugar
• 1/2 c vegetable oil
• 1/2 c honey
• 2 TBS strong coffee                                                                       
• 2 c all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp ground cloves

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line the bottom of an 8x5 loaf pan with parchment paper.

2.  In a mixer with the whisk attachment, beat the egg yolks, sugar, oil, honey and coffee for 5 minutes.        Scrape down sides of the bowl a few times during this process.  

3.  In medium bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.

4.  In a separate medium bowl, whisk the egg whites until peaks form.  Set the bowl aside.

5.  Add the flour mixture to the batter and mix until combined.

6.  Stir in half the beaten egg whites. Then fold in the remaining egg whites.

7.  Spoon the batter into the prepared loaf pan.  Place into the oven and bake for 65-70 minutes.  

8.  Remove from the oven and let cool in pan 10 minutes.  Then remove from the pan and let cool on wire rack. 

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