Honey Cake Recipe | How To Make Indian Honey Cake

Honey cake recipe is popular cake found in all Iyengar bakeries of south India. This simple and easy cake is basically a vanilla sponge soaked in sugar syrup, topped with jam and coconut flakes. It is a wonderful dessert that you can easily make yet looks very fancy and special. Here is an easy recipe for you all for this delicious eggless honey cake recipe with step by step photos.

This eggless honey cake was requested by some of readers. I make this cake at home occasionally so sharing the recipe with you all this time.

Indian honey cake is one of the most popular snacks from local Indian bakeries. If you have ever visited Iyengar bakeries you will know how popular their nankhatai, butter plain cake,  veg puffs, veg rolls, coconut cookies, spicy buns are.

This Indian cake was our favorite growing up. Whats not to love about juicy and delicious cake topped witha generous layer of jam and finally adorned with coconut flakes 🙂

What Is Honey Cake?

Honey cakes are popular all over the world. There are many ways this cake is made. Some popular honey cake varieties are

• Russian honey cake
• Indian style honey cake

Here I am sharing the recipe for Indian bakery style eggless honey cake recipe. It is basically a vanilla sponge soaked in sugar syrup and glazed with jam.

Indian Honey Cake Method

In most of the bakeries no honey is used to make honey cake. The sugar syrup is a simple syrup with sugar and water. The cake get its name just because it is sweet as honey:)

However I have stayed true to the name by adding some honey to the sugar syrup. Please note that you should not add honey to hot sugar syrup or heat honey. Honey should never be heated. So let the sugar syrup cool down to room temperature before adding sugar syrup.

After soaking the cake in sugar syrup, a glaze is applied on top of the cake. It is usually a jam. You can even make a honey glaze.

Finally desiccated coconut flakes are sprinkled before serving.

Serve honey cake as snack or dessert. You can even serve this cake chilled.

Honey Cake Recipe Ingredients:

The base cake is my eggless vanilla cake recipe with butter. Though oil based cake is used for soaking I prefer the taste of cakes with butter in this recipe.

You can use plain flour or whole wheat flour for making the cake. You can also use a mix of plain and wheat flour. Also note that using only wheat flour will make your cake a bit dense but healthier.

You can also use this eggless orange cake or tutti frutti cake as base recipe.

Next use soft room temperature butter. You can use salted or white butter.

For glazing I have used my homemade strawberry jam. Another popular and tasty option is pineapple jam. You can however use fig jam, mango jam also.

Use desiccated or freshly shredded coconut flakes for topping. Even sweetened or caramelized coconut flakes can be used.

Some Tips For Perfect Honey Cake:

Make sure to cream and mix the wet ingredients very well for a soft and light cake.

You can use wheat flour instead of plain flour

Use a correct sized pan for perfect cake.

You can store the leftover cake well covered in refrigerator. Keeps well for 2-3 days.

Do try out this yummy honey cake and I am sure you will love this. Delicious cake soaked in juicy sugar syrup, topped with jam and garnished with coconut flakes is absolute deliciousness.

Honey cake recipe with step by step photos. Sharing a very delicious, soft and juicy Indian bakery style honey cake recipe. I hope most of you know this delicious honey cake topped with jam and adorned with coconut flakes that we get in local bakeries. This is my favorite cake and I use to relish it every now and then from our bakery.

More Cake Recipes:

If you are looking for more eggless cakes recipes do check

• Eggless pound cake
• Chocolate cake
• carrot cake
• Rava cake
• mawa cake
• banana bread
• coconut cake

Also you might like Indian sweet recipes, dessert recipes collection.

How To Make Honey Cake Recipe Step by Step

1.Take condensed milk, butter and vanilla extract in a mixing bowl. Mix well and cream well until the mixture turns fluffy and light.

2. Sieve together flour, baking powder and soda in another mixing bowl.

3. Now add dry ingredients part by part to the wet ingredients. Add milk slowly and make a thick lump free batter.

4. Preheat oven at 170C. Grease and line or dust a cake tin. Pour the prepared cake batter and bake for 35-40 minutes.

5. To prepare the sugar syrup mix 3/4 cup water with 3/4 cup sugar. Mix well and bring to a boil. Cook for 2-3 minutes. Once the sugar syrup is thick remove from flame and add rose essence to it. Once the syrup is warm add honey and mix well.

6. Cook the jam in low flame for 1-2 minutes to make it spreadable.

7. Once the cake is done, allow to cool it thoroughly. trim the edges if needed

8. Take a big tray and drizzle 1/8 cup of sugar syrup over it. Tilt the tray well. Now place the prepared cake on the tray.

9. Pour the remaining sugar syrup over the cake and let the cake soak the syrup well.

10. Now spread the jam evenly in top. Garnish with coconut flakes. Slice and serve honey cake as required.

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Honey cake recipe | Indian bakery style honey cake

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Honey cake recipe with step by step photos. Local bakery style delicious honey cake soaked in sugar syrup and topped with jam. For more texture the cake is adorned with coconut flakes.

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Prep Time 40 minutes mins

Cook Time 40 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 20 minutes mins

Course Snack

Cuisine Indian

Servings 1 8" cake

Calories 403 kcal

1 CUP = 250 ml

Ingredients

  

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For base Cake

• ▢ 2 1/8 cups all purpose flour
• ▢ 1 tin / 400 grams sweetened condensed milk
• ▢ 1/4 cup butter
• ▢ 1/4 cup curd
• ▢ 1 cup milk + 2 tablespoons more if needed
• ▢ 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ▢ 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
• ▢ Vanilla extract
• ▢ Salt

Sugar syrup for honey cake

• ▢ 3/4 cup sugar
• ▢ 3/4 cup water
• ▢ 2 tablespoons honey
• ▢ Rose essence

Glaze and topping for honey cake

• ▢ Jam as required
• ▢ Coconut flakes

Instructions

 

• Take condensed milk, butter and vanilla extract in a mixing bowl. Mix well and cream well until the mixture turns fluffy and light.
• Sieve together flour, baking powder and soda in another mixing bowl.
• Now add dry ingredients part by part to the wet ingredients. Add milk slowly and make a thick lump free batter.
• Preheat oven at 170C. Grease and line or dust a cake tin. Pour the prepared cake batter and bake for 35-40 minutes.
• To prepare the sugar syrup mix 3/4 cup water with 3/4 cup sugar. Mix well and bring to a boil. Cook for 2-3 minutes. Once the sugar syrup is thick remove from flame and add rose essence to it.
• Cook the jam in low flame for 1-2 minutes to make it spreadable.
• Once the cake is done, allow to cool it thoroughly. trim the edges if needed
• Take a big tray and drizzle 1/8 cup of sugar syrup over it. Tilt the tray well. Now place the prepared cake on the tray.
• Pour the remaining sugar syrup over the cake and let the cake soak the syrup well.
• Now spread the jam evenly in top. Garnish with coconut flakes. Slice and serve honey cake as required.

Notes

1. You can try replacing wheat flour instead of maida
2. You can use any flavored jam.
3. Do not cook the jam for long time. It should be just smooth and not runny.
4. For a more juicy and sweet cake make sugar syrup with 1 cup sugar and 1 cup water

Nutrition

Calories: 403kcal

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