CALLING MASTER BAKERS AND BAKING LOVERS OF ALL AGES – Get cracking those eggs and show us your best traditional Honey Cake baking.
Submissions: We are running the competition as part of our BEE FEST – held at the Westbury art centre on Saturday the 27th and Sunday the 28th of July (more details here) and welcome cake submissions on either day, with a final deadline at 1 PM on Sunday. Our panel of judges will commence taste-testing all creations at 2 PM and finally crown our baking king or queen at 3 PM on Sunday the 28th, as part of our award ceremony!
To be in with a chance there are a few rules for you to follow:
- All cakes must follow our traditional Honey Cake recipe as seen below. (No extra flavouring is allowed!)
- Our judges are looking for a traditional look and feel. Leave it un-decorated and present it dome up and un-sliced.
- Our judges will be looking at Appearance, Uniformity, Moistness, Texture, Aroma and Flavour.
Is there a prize? Yes! – Not only is there honey up for grabs (extracted from our hives in July this year). You are also entering with a chance of winning the honorary title of Westbury bee-group’s:
Honey Cake Baking King or Queen of 2024
So…get cracking those Eggs and show us your best honey-cake baking!
HONEY CAKE RECIPE
INGREDIENTS:
- 5 oz / 140g butter
- 6 oz / 170g clear honey
- 1 tablespoon water
- 4 oz / 115g soft brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 7 oz / 200g self-raising flour
METHOD:
Place BUTTER, SUGAR, HONEY and WATER into a saucepan and heat until the fat has melted, stirring all the time.
Remove the pan from the heat when the fat is melted. Allow it to cool down to blood temperature.
Beat in the EGGS gradually.
Add sieved FLOUR and mix until it is smooth. Do not over mix!
Pour mixture into a greased/ lined 7″ cake tin. Bake for 1 hour, or until the cake has risen and is firm to the touch, in a conventional oven: 180°C / 350°F or a fan oven: 160°C / 320°F or Gas mark 4.
A special tip from our master judge Mike Bensley is to think about what type of honey you choose to bake with.
The honey quality and flavour will impact your final cake.