I adapted this recipe for honey chocolate cake from Happy Retiree’s Kitchen. I have made it a few times and really love how it turned out.
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It is an old wives’ tale that you must feed a cold and starve a fever, as you need to feed both. However, it might very well be true that you can treat a cold in 6 days with medication, or half a dozen, without. I can remember my grandmother saying that. I treated my head cold with over the counter medication for a week. And when that had no effect I saw my Doctor. He prescribed medication and after a week I felt no different. I was not feeling sick which was a good thing. With my second vaccine due I had to go off all the medication and so the following week was spent taking nothing. And the end result was the same! I feel no better, or no worse than before. I can consider myself lucky that it is nothing more than congested nasal passages.
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But, it is extremely frustrating regardless of what it is. I am keeping the tissue manufacturer in business. And because of this I am coughing. It is a reflex action which I could stifle with sucking sweets. But I am not very disciplined and tend to just chew them. Which of course does not have the desired effect. I am just going to carry on as normal and hope in time that this all clears. And that it does not get any worse. As an aside, I have been keeping track of my oxygen saturation levels with a pulse oximeter. This is to ensure that what my Doctor says is just a head cold, is just that. Have you had a head cold this winter?
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Honey Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
- 300 g salted butter
- 170 g thick yoghurt
- 150 g honey
- 100 g fructose
- 5 mls vanilla extract
- 1 orange, finely grated zest only
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 130 g flour
- 130 g self-raising flour
- 5 mls baking powder
- 200 g dark chocolate, roughly chopped
Method
- Place the butter, yoghurt, honey, fructose, vanilla and zest into a saucepan
- Leave over a low to medium temperature until the butter melts, stirring occasionally
- Pour into a large mixing bowl and set aside to cool for 45 minutes
- Preheat your oven to 180° Celsius
- Whisk the eggs into the cooled butter mixture
- Sift the flours and baking powder into the bowl and gently fold in
- Add the chocolate and gently mix, then pour into a lined 23cm springform tin
- Place into the oven and bake for 60 minutes
- Remove from the oven and leave to stand in the tin for 10 minutes
- Turn out onto a wire rack and leave to cool completely before cutting
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Just the sort of cake to enjoy with a cup of tea or coffee
I agree Sheree 🙂
Another tradition for Fall holidays: honey cake. We ate some with the also-traditional apples and honey for the New Year holiday. I hope you have a sweet year!
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And may your year be sweet and full of things that bring you joy 🙂
I hope you feel better soon; seems like a piece of that cake would help! 🙂
I think that cake would make anything better 😉
Honey and chocolate is definitely one of the most luxurious and decadent flavour combinations. I want a slice (or three!) 🙂
Would send you some if I could.
Hi Tandy, I’m so pleased you like this cake and thanks for the recognition of it being my recipe, aka Lord Howe Islands recipe:)I have always meant to check how much fructose is meant to be used as a substitute for sugar and according to your recipe here it is an exact substitute. This is a reminder that I must cake this cake again, it is such a favourite of mine as well.I have always been sceptical about cough mixtures/syrups to assist head cold coughs. Last time I took some as I had such an annoying cough, and I believe it helped. Duro Tuss Cough Liquid Forte is what the pharmacist recommended and I really think it helped to break it down. Hope you get better soon. Touch wood we have been healthy for quite a while now. Best wishes, Pauline x
Glad all is healthy with you 🙂
This recipe looks delicious, Tandy. I have not had a head cold this winter but I’ve been suffering from hay fever for the whole winter and spring to date. That’s not much fun either. I had side effects for both of my jabs and suffered terrible headaches and nausea.
Sorry to hear you had side effects. My arm was sore, but that was it thankfully. Hope your hayfever doesn’t get worse!