Honey and Walnut Cake - Nan Fran's Recipe

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Ingredients:

Equipment:

You will need an adult to help you with this recipe as it involves a knife and cooking on a hob.

Method:

Preheat oven to gas mark 3 / 160 C
Grease the bottom of the cake tin with a little bit of butter and line with greaseproof paper
Cut the butter into small pieces
Put the butter in a sauce pan, then add the sugar and honey and stir on a
low heat, until the mixture looks like a liquid (ask an adult to turn the heat up and boil the mixture for 1 minute.)
Then leave to cool for 15 – 20 minutes. This is to prevent the eggs from cooking when they are added to the mixture
Crack the eggs into the smaller mixing bowl (make sure an adult helps you with this) Then after the 15- 20 minutes add them to the mixture
Sieve the flour into a large bowl and add the rest of the ingredients, and beat until it makes a smooth mixture
Now add the walnuts
Pour the mixture into the tin and bake for 50 minutes or until the cake is well-risen, golden brown and springs back when pressed ( ask an adult to help you put the cake into the oven)
Ask an adult to get the cake out of the oven, and leave to rest for 5 minutes. Then turn the cake out on to the wire rack ready to cool
Warm 2 tablespoons of honey in a small pan on a low heat and brush over the top of the cake to give a sticky glaze, then leave to cool.