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November 10, 2014 1:31 am
Sometimes you want an easy-to-throw together cake that isn’t vanilla or chocolate. Sometimes you have a pantry full of honey as every time you’re at a fair or farmers market and you see another variety of honey you just can’t help yourself and end up buying yet another jar. Sometimes you just want to watch the hypnotic sensation of honey oozing from a spoon and falling lushly into a bowl of cake batter. Or maybe that’s just me. 
Either way, this cake is your go to. There is no cake you can buy or make from a packet that tastes like this, with its golden sunshiny taste of honey. Bees, huh? Just amazing.
GATHER:
1¾ cups self-raising flour, sifted
¾ cup caster sugar
½ cup honey
155g butter, melted
3 eggs, lightly beaten
¾ cup Greek yogurt
LET’S GET TO IT:
Preheat oven to 180C and thoroughly grease a 25cm ring pan – make sure you pay special attention to the inner ring so the cake won’t stick.
Whisk the flour and sugar together with a fork in a bowl and set aside.
In bowl of electric mixer beat butter, honey, eggs and yogurt until light and combined. Fold in flour/sugar mix and use a silver spoon to stir until just combined.
Scrape into prepared pan and bake for 26-30 minutes / until a skewer comes out clean.
Set aside for 10 minutes before turning on to a cooling rack.
Posted by The Hungry Mum
Categories: Cakes
Tags: bake, baking, cake, Donna Hay, easy, from scratch, honey, recipe
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Perfect post! I have a lovely Honey Cake I make from an old recipe of my Mother in Law’s, however as it is for one of our Jewish Festivals it is quite heavy and rich. Your recipe is wonderful and will take to the bench for afternoon tea today…x
By moniquetheurbanmum on November 10, 2014 at 2:12 am
Thanks so much! Honey has such mystical properties. I love baking with it, or just eating it on toast 😉
By thehungrymum on July 2, 2015 at 2:44 am
YUM! I’d say the Greek yogurt makes it really moist and I just love honey! Honey anything!
By Julie @ meybestandi on November 10, 2014 at 2:24 am
Same! Honey is all the good 😉
By thehungrymum on May 18, 2015 at 7:14 am
Oh yeah, honey cake. Love bees, love honey and this is now on my every increasing, out of control list of things to make.
By cheergerm on November 10, 2014 at 2:55 am
I too have an outta control ‘to bake’ list. So much baking to do, so little time etc
By thehungrymum on November 10, 2014 at 8:36 am
I’m like you with an overabundance of honey. Latest find is a Turkish Rose honey from Trader Joe’s. Certainly don’t need anymore, but never think twice about buying another variety if it looks intriguing. What fun to have a honey cake recipe–thanks!
By Liz on November 10, 2014 at 3:06 am
I was listening to her about her new cook book on radio this morning. Very talented cook and yummy recipes 🙂
By nepaliaustralian on November 10, 2014 at 3:17 am
I am a mega fan – I love everything she does! I have her new book and highly recommend it 🙂
By thehungrymum on November 10, 2014 at 3:23 am
Love Honey! We put it on everything. Will have to try adding it to cakes now too. Starting with this recipe… 🙂
By Shamim on November 10, 2014 at 4:09 am
Honey is just amazing, isn’t it? I love the fact it never goes off so you can keep it literally forever.
By thehungrymum on November 10, 2014 at 9:44 am
This recipe looks yummy, thanks for sharing!
By Heidie Makes on November 10, 2014 at 5:52 am
Thanks for checking it out 🙂
By thehungrymum on November 10, 2014 at 9:42 am
Right… I’m going to make this tomorrow! Sounds totally fabulous! 🙂 Thanks so much for sharing HM!
By Margot @ Gather and Graze on November 10, 2014 at 8:32 am
Woo hoo! Great news – please make sure you let me know what you think of it 🙂
By thehungrymum on November 10, 2014 at 9:51 am
It’s really lovely HM! Such a moist and beautifully flavoured, tender cake! My ring pan is quite a shallow one (thinking I might need to invest in a larger, prettier one…), so I made half a dozen cupcakes as well with the leftover mixture. All of the cupcakes have disappeared already and I’m sure we’ll make a good dent in the cake after dinner tonight! Thanks again for sharing this recipe. 🙂
By Margot @ Gather and Graze on November 11, 2014 at 5:35 am
Love a good honey cake, nom!
By Sara | Belly Rumbles (@bellyrumbles) on November 10, 2014 at 10:32 am
Me too Sara 🙂
By thehungrymum on November 13, 2014 at 4:59 am
I love honey and yoghurt together! The cake looks great and so easy to make! Thanks for sharing.
By Stephanie on November 10, 2014 at 10:51 am
Cheers Stephanie – it is super dooper simple & tastes amazing.
By thehungrymum on November 13, 2014 at 4:59 am
I love Donna Hay recipes I am definitely going to try this one.
By lemongrovecakediaries on November 10, 2014 at 11:04 am
YOu & me both – she is always my ‘go to’ when searching for something new to cook.
By thehungrymum on November 13, 2014 at 5:00 am
Looks and sounds delicious
By Deblet on November 10, 2014 at 6:31 pm
Awww, ta 🙂
By thehungrymum on November 13, 2014 at 4:59 am
Reblogged this on Chef Ceaser.
By chefceaser on November 10, 2014 at 7:35 pm
A good honey cake is definitely the way to go, this is so fluffy I could sleep on it (then I could finally eat my pillow!)
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
By Choc Chip Uru on November 11, 2014 at 6:23 am
Might be a sticky pillow but yes – you could totally eat it 🙂
By thehungrymum on November 11, 2014 at 9:50 am
Such a gorgeous looking cake! And I agree – I always have way too much honey in my pantry but I still keeping buying the stuff!
By Helen | Grab Your Fork on November 11, 2014 at 3:24 pm
It is so hard to resist all that amazing honey in the cute little jars. Luckily Miss-just-7 is a honey fiend so I can justify my continued purchasing 🙂
By thehungrymum on November 13, 2014 at 5:03 am
That cake stand is the cutest! I love the look of this cake. Looks like one my Mum used to make when we were kids ❤
By Cass @foodmyfriend on November 11, 2014 at 10:16 pm
Cheers Cass. I love that cake has so many positive memories of childhood.
By thehungrymum on November 13, 2014 at 5:02 am
Honey cake oh my goodness:-)
By Traditionally Modern Food on November 12, 2014 at 12:10 am
Indeed 🙂 Hope you get a chance to make it.
By thehungrymum on November 13, 2014 at 5:02 am
Yes! We are on the same page with honey collections lol. Plus I’ll be harvesting honey from my bee hive shortly. The perfect cake for me. Also I bake with Greek yogurt quite a bit as well, gives such a lovely texture to cakes.
By Jem @ Lost in Utensils on November 12, 2014 at 8:55 am
oooh, you’ve got a hive? How exciting! Bet home-harvested honey is unlike anything else.
By thehungrymum on May 11, 2015 at 7:49 am
Yes! I also tend to collect honey lol. I’m also about to harvest honey from my bee hive shortly. This cake is for me! I also bake with Greek yogurt quite a bit, gives such a lovely texture to cakes.
By lost in utensils on November 12, 2014 at 9:02 am
you have a hive?! Wow, how very cool. I am envious. And yay for Greek yogurt! We buy it by the 5kg tub and it go through it in the blink of an eye.
By thehungrymum on November 12, 2014 at 9:45 am
I can just imagine how lush this tastes. Wonderful recipe 🙂
By Gingerbread Jenn on November 12, 2014 at 9:30 am
thanks so much!
By thehungrymum on November 12, 2014 at 9:35 am
Looks so good! I love your cake keeper!
By Frugal Hausfrau on November 12, 2014 at 10:29 am
Thanks! It was an engagement gift and it has certainly been used many times.
By thehungrymum on November 13, 2014 at 5:01 am
I suspect you’re not the only one who craves the sweet taste & drizzle of honey with/in/on tea cake! Craving now!
Big yum 🙂
By girl in a food frenzy on November 13, 2014 at 11:02 am
I reckon it would quite easily win a popularity contest 🙂
By thehungrymum on November 14, 2014 at 11:28 am
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By A Tummy Full Of Honey… | on November 14, 2014 at 2:09 pm
This cake sounds so good–I love that it has honey and yogurt in it!
By nancyc on November 16, 2014 at 11:46 pm
two of the best things, in my opinion 🙂
By thehungrymum on November 17, 2014 at 3:10 am
This is such good timing, I have just bought over 2 kilograms of honey 🙂
By Tandy | Lavender and Lime on November 17, 2014 at 8:55 am
Nice one! Hope you make it:)
By thehungrymum on November 17, 2014 at 9:53 am
I really do love cake with yoghurt, always so moist!
By chewtown on November 17, 2014 at 11:24 am
Honey in baked goods is one of my favourite ever baking smells!
By Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella on November 18, 2014 at 11:22 am
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By Donna Hay honey cake recipe | homethoughtsfromabroad626 on November 19, 2014 at 8:53 am
I also am a big fan of Donna Hay! Her recipes rock my taste buds! Ooh yes! this wonderful cale looks freaking delicious too! 🙂
By Sophie33 on November 24, 2014 at 9:20 am
Yay Sophie! Glad to see we are like-minded on our Donna Hay appreciation 🙂
By thehungrymum on November 24, 2014 at 9:27 am
🙂 x
By Sophie33 on November 24, 2014 at 9:27 am
will try the for sure:)
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By Hashtag I eat OUT CY (#IeatoutCY) on November 29, 2014 at 10:17 am
yay!
By thehungrymum on November 29, 2014 at 12:43 pm
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