Spice Bread

By maredan

Ingredients

• 2/3 cups dark honey
• 1/4 cup dark brown sugar
• 1 cup cream or milk
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon anise seed, crushed
• 1/4 teaspoon coriander (optional)
• 1/4 teaspoon cardamom (optional)
• pinch nutmeg
• pinch cloves
• pinch salt
• Grated zest of 1 orange or lemon (or a Tbsp candied orange zest)
• 1 egg, lightly beaten

Details

Servings 6

Preparation

Step 1

Directions
Put the honey, sugar, milk, and butter in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Sift the dry ingredients and stir in the zest. Make a well in the dry ingredients.
Put the egg in the well, and whisk in the honey and milk mixture, gradually drawing in the dry ingredients to make a batter. Pour into a greased and floured loaf pan and bake at 350°F/175°C until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean, 50 minutes.
Cool. Wrap in plastic, and store a few days before serving (the few days of sitting gives the honey flavour time to mature, and the cake tastes even better).