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    August 14, 2016

    chamomile olive oil honey cake

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    the recipe for this cake was taken from “easy Mediterranean” by sue Quinn. it took me a while to decide which recipe I wanted to try first as there are so many great recipes to choose from,  but I went with this chamomile honey cake, I would really recommend this book if you love Mediterranean food. I made the cake as a tray bake rather than a round cake like in the book and took it on a picnic. we stopped in a corn field at about 6.30 after a long hot day and I could not wait to sit down and enjoy a slice. the weather has been really great recently here in England so we have been able to have picnics. we came across this field on a dog walk and decided to go back there.chamomile olive oil cake-1-10

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    I used some gustare honey that I was sent, it is Australian honey, the jar I used was acacia honey. the company has a base here in the uk as well as in Australia, it had so much flavour it was perfect for this cake.

    recipe

    makes one 20cm round cake (or like me use a rectangle tray which I got from anthropologie)

    • 125ml (1/2 cup) milk
    • 3 tbsp. chamomile flowers or 4 tea bags
    • 250g (1 2/3 cup) self raising flour
    • 150g (2/3 cup) caster sugar
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder
    • generous pinch of salt
    • 250ml (1 cup) mild olive oil
    • 70g honey
    • 3 eggs

     

    preheat the oven to 160c (315f) oil the cake pan and line with baking paper.

    1. pour the milk into a pan and gently warm through with out letting it reach the boil, then remove from the heat and add the chamomile and let steep for 10 minutes to infuse the chamomile.
    2. now whisk together the flour, sugar and baking powder and salt in a large bowl, then in another bowl whisk together the oil, honey and eggs.
    3. strain the milk and remove the tea and measure out the milk you have, you need 125ml so add more milk if necessary,
    4. stir the infused milk into the oil mixture, then pour this into the flour mixture, mixing well until combined being sure not to over mix it.
    5. pour the cake batter into the prepared tin and bake for 40-50 minutes (if you are baking the tray bake like me it wont take as long tray 30 minutes) once cooked a knife inserted should come out almost clean.
    6. let cool then make icing, mix 150g icing sugar with the zest and juice of one lemon, you can loosen the mixture with a splash or milk, pour over the cake.
    7. sprinkle on some more zest and slice

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    19 Comments

    1. Rhian @ Rhian's Recipes says

      August 14, 2016 at 11:42 am

      This looks absolutely delicious, I love using honey and olive oil in cakes!

      • Aimee @ twiggstudios says

        August 14, 2016 at 12:26 pm

        Thankyou I’m so glad you like it, I love honey too x

    2. sarah says

      August 14, 2016 at 1:35 pm

      Gorgeous setting and such a beautiful cake. Must try this one

      • twiggstiudios says

        August 14, 2016 at 3:31 pm

        Thankyou xx

    3. Morena says

      August 15, 2016 at 9:33 pm

      Love the combination of olive oil and honey. The cake looks delicious!

      • twiggstiudios says

        August 16, 2016 at 8:48 am

        Thankyou x

    4. thalia says

      August 16, 2016 at 6:27 am

      such a lovely post aimee, adore the photos and the cake. definitely would love to get my hands on that book too! Xx

      • twiggstiudios says

        August 16, 2016 at 8:48 am

        Thankyou Thalia xxx

    5. Gustare Honey says

      August 16, 2016 at 1:20 pm

      Thank you for using our raw premium Australian honey in your delicious recipe, Aimee!

    6. Louise says

      April 28, 2017 at 6:19 am

      Hi Aimee, is it possible to reduce the sugar in this recipe without spoiling the consistency/texture or flavour?
      Thank you

      • twiggstiudios says

        April 30, 2017 at 10:50 am

        i think you could try reducing it by half and see how it tastes x

    7. Rachel says

      April 21, 2020 at 8:28 pm

      Hi there,
      I’m a new baker so this might sound silly, but what is self rising flour?

      • twiggstiudios says

        April 21, 2020 at 10:20 pm

        self raising flour is a type of flour that already has a raising agent like baking powder in it, if you cant find any self raising flour you can add 1 and a half to 2 tea spoons of baking powder and mix it with plain flour for this recipe.

    8. Suzanne says

      February 7, 2022 at 8:24 pm

      This looks so good! I’ve never seen these flavors together before!

      • twiggstiudios says

        February 7, 2022 at 11:47 pm

        it was very nice, i liked the floral flavours from the honey and chamomile, its been so long since i have baked it, i will have to make another xx

    9. Vanessa says

      February 7, 2022 at 8:32 pm

      Thanks for sharing! Does it keep long?

      • twiggstiudios says

        February 7, 2022 at 11:49 pm

        yes i found it kept quite well, the icing helped. i would suggest keeping it in an air tight container. we ate it over 5 days.

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