Middle Eastern · Dessert

Gluten-Free Spiced Honey Cake

Name: Gluten-Free Spiced Honey Cake
Total time: 1 h 53 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 250 g gluten-free all-purpose baking flour; 1½ tsp baking powder; ½ tsp baking soda; ½ tsp sea salt; 1½ tsp ground cinnamon; ½ tsp ground ginger; 0.13 tsp freshly grated nutmeg; 130 g sugar; 50 g light brown sugar; 120 ml avocado oil; 170 g honey; 1 large egg; 1 large egg yolk; ½ vanilla bean, seeds scraped; 120 ml fresh orange juice; 120 ml buttermilk

A moist, fragrant honey cake spiced with cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg, brightened with orange juice and buttermilk. The batter is thin like pancake batter and bakes tender.

YieldServes 8
Hands-on25 min
Total1 h 53 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

Dry

250 ggluten-free all-purpose baking flour
1½ tspbaking powder
½ tspbaking soda
½ tspsea salt
1½ tspground cinnamon
½ tspground ginger
0.13 tspfreshly grated nutmeg

Wet

130 gsugar
50 glight brown sugar
120 mlavocado oil
170 ghoney
1large egg
1large egg yolk
½vanilla bean, seeds scraped
120 mlfresh orange juice
120 mlbuttermilk

Diet

Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)

Contains

Dairy
Egg
Birds' eggs (any)
Corn (maize)
Rice
Citrus fruits (any)
Orange
Avocado
Ginger
Cinnamon
Nutmeg
Vanilla
Honey
Lactose
Fructose
FODMAPs (any)

Taste

Sweet
Sour / bright
Salty
Richness / fat
Aromatic spice

Equipment

Oven
Stand mixer

Season

Fall
Winter

Occasion

Holiday

Effort

20–45 min active
1–3 hours total
Difficulty 2
Make-ahead friendly

Nutrition

Calories: low
Protein: low
Carbs: high
Fat: low
Fiber: low
Sodium: moderate

Budget

Budget: low

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Ingredients

Dry

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