CHOCOLATE-GLAZED HONEY CAKE

Chocolate-Glazed Honey Cake image

This is my mother's traditional honey cake, made every year for the Jewish new year Rosh Hashanah. We eat honey cake in order to have a sweet new year. I love the glaze for this especially - the cake is a little dry. I could eat the glaze with a spoon! Best served with tea.

Provided by Dinah Berch

Categories Desserts Frostings and Icings Chocolate

Time 1h38m

Yield 16

Number Of Ingredients 17

Ingredients

4 cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ cups white sugar
1 cup honey
3 large eggs
½ cup vegetable oil
½ cup brewed coffee
1 tablespoon jam (any flavor)
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground cloves
¼ teaspoon baking soda
½ cup white sugar
¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3 ½ tablespoons water
1 teaspoon all-purpose flour
½ cup margarine
1 tablespoon brandy

Steps:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease two 8x3-inch loaf pans.
Mix 4 cups flour, 1 1/2 cups sugar, honey, eggs, oil, coffee, jam, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, and baking soda together in a bowl until smooth; spread evenly into the prepared loaf pans.
Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Remove cake from pans and cool on a wire rack.
Mix 1/2 cup sugar, cocoa powder, water, and 1 teaspoon flour together, stirring constantly, in a saucepan over low heat until mixture is smooth and thick, about 8 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat and add margarine and brandy; whisk until glaze is thickened. Refrigerate glaze until cooled, at least 15 minutes.
Spread glaze over cooled cakes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 409.5 calories, Carbohydrate 68.5 g, Cholesterol 34.9 mg, Fat 13.9 g, Fiber 1.5 g, Protein 4.8 g, SaturatedFat 2.5 g, Sodium 164 mg, Sugar 43.2 g