Rustic Honey Cake with Spices, Raisins and Walnuts

This rustic honey cake is mixed with a whisk in 15 minutes: kefir with baking soda, honey, oats, spices, raisins and walnuts. It bakes as a single layer in a 16-18 cm pan for exactly 60 minutes at 160 °C. It's incredibly fragrant, and you can enjoy it even without any frosting - I recommend it.

Rustic Honey Cake with Spices, Raisins and Walnuts

A fragrant honey cake made with kefir, oats, spices, raisins and walnuts.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr

Total Time 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins

Servings: 8 servings

Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients

  

For the cake (16 cm)

• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup rolled oats
• 2 tbsp cornstarch
• 2 eggs
• 0,5 cup sugar
• 4 tbsp honey
• 0,5 cup kefir
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp ginger
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• nutmeg pinch
• 1 handful raisins
• 1 handful walnuts

Method

 

1. Add the baking soda to the kefir and let it sit for 5 minutes to react.
2. In a bowl, whisk the eggs with the honey and sugar, pour in the kefir with baking soda and stir together.
3. Add the dry spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger), flour and rolled oats and mix again.
4. At the very end, add the ground walnuts and raisins that have been soaked in boiling water, dried and tossed in cornstarch.
5. Mix the batter and pour into a 16-18 cm pan.
6. Bake for 60 minutes at 160 °C.
   
7. Let the finished cake cool completely. If you like, slice it and fill with your favorite frosting.
   

Notes

The cake is airy and delicious even without any frosting.

Tips

• Let the kefir and baking soda sit for 5 minutes to react - this gives the cake its airiness.
• Soak the raisins in boiling water ahead of time, pat them dry and toss in cornstarch so they don't sink to the bottom.
• You can slice the finished cake and fill it with any frosting you like, but it's wonderful on its own too.