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spruce tip honey loaf cake.

Spruce Tip Honey Loaf Cake

A tender, golden loaf cake made with brown sugar, eggs and flour and fragrant with the piney, citrusy warmth of fresh spruce tips and good honey - one of those quiet, unhurried bakes that tastes completely unlike anything else. The crumb is soft and slightly dense in the best possible way, with a natural sweetness that comes as much from the honey as the sugar. Spoon the spruce tip lemon curd generously over the top while the cake is still warm and let it sink into the crust just enough to make every slice feel like a small celebration. A companion recipe to the spruce tip lemon curd - make both and you have one of the most distinctive and memorable desserts of the season.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 8 slices
Calories 379 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 loaf pan 8.5 x 4.5 length, 2.7 height
  • 1 large mixing bowl
  • 1 saucepan

Ingredients
  

  • ⅔ cup butter unsalted, plus extra for pan greasing
  • 1 cup spruce tips
  • ½ cup brown sugar light
  • ¾ cup honey
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice freshly squeezed
  • 2 eggs beaten
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1¾ cups flour

Instructions
 

Spruce Tip Infused Butter

  • Melt butter in saucepan over low heat, do not boil.
  • Remove pan from heat, add spruce tips, stir in.
  • Let spruce tips infuse butter for 20-30 minutes.
  • Using a fine mesh sieve, strain spruce tips out of butter, pressing with the back of a spoon to extract all butter out.
  • Set aside until ready to use.

Spruce Tip Honey Loaf Cake

  • Pre-heat oven to 350℉
  • Grease loaf pan with butter, coating evenly.
  • In large bowl mix baking powder, salt, and flour. Set aside.
  • In saucepan add infused butter, eggs, brown sugar and lemon juice.
  • Stir over meduim heat until sugar is dissolved.
  • Pour honey mixture into large bowl with flour and stir in until all ingredients are incorporated.
  • Pour batter into loaf pan and bake for 35-40 minutes.
  • The cake will have a dark crust when finished, garnish with honey drizzle, honeycomb or spruce tip curd.

Nutrition

Serving: 1sliceCalories: 379kcalCarbohydrates: 62gProtein: 1gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 41mgSodium: 380mgPotassium: 47mgFiber: 1gSugar: 41gVitamin A: 473IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 117mgIron: 2mg
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