I have kept it as simple as possible and where possible tried to keep to period ingredients although there are some I have used for ease do have historical alternatives and I will discuss these at the end but what i present here is the most rounded version of the recipe to date.
Taste and texture wise they are something akin to a honey banana bread, they will keep fresh for up to 3 days (by which time they are all eaten) and one is enough to keep me going from 5am until 3pm while performing moderate intensity work.
The smaller loaf cakes I have been making seem quite resilient to damage as well, I’ve been bouncing them around with zero breakage so far. They are also dairy and gluten free.
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Honey cakes with strawberries, honeycomb and greek yoghurt
Makes 1 large or 4 small cakes
The wet ingredients
4 eggs
½ cup honey
1tsp vanilla essence
2tbsp olive oil
The dry ingredients
2 cups Hazelnut meal
2.5tbsp plain flour
1tsp baking powder
The method
Preheat oven to 160c/320f
Whisk together all wet ingredients until well mixed, then add all dry ingredients and continue whisking until mixed.
Pour batter into a greased and lined cake tin (It is a wet batter so will likely stick)
Bake for 25 minutes or until a knife/skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean
And that’s it, it’s a really simple recipe.
As to those ingredients Baking powder could be easily substituted for buttermilk or molasses or another raising agent.
The vanilla essence is just a taste thing and it too could simply be swapped out for more honey.
The olive oil could be changed for any sort of oil you prefer.
I used coconut flour but again that's just preference.
Almond meal is an option in place of the hazelnut but makes a moister crumb, great for home eating but less so for the trail.
Macro nutrients per small cake/quarter of large cake
Calories 567
Protein - 15g
Carbohydrates - 38g
Fiber - 7g
Sugars - 34g
Fat - 39g
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The beaten wet ingredients
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The finished batter
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Tinned
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Baked
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An almond meal version of the cake... so golden!