Honey Spice Beer Cake

Seven thousand years ago, people in the region of what is present-day Iran brewed yeast into the first alcoholic drinks, inventing what we now know as beer. Unfortunately, they had no cake. The ancient Egyptians also drank beer, and although they used yeast to make the first cakes sweetened with honey, they didn’t think to combine beer and cake to make one of humanity’s greatest inventions: beer cake. For this tremendous recipe you can try lager, Guinness, or your favorite brew; each one imparts a different flavor. top side up, and then ice the entire cake with the remaining icing, spreading it evenly over the sides and then the top. Use a table knife to swirl the icing into beautiful peaks and curls.

Courtesy of "Booze Cakes" by Krystina Castella & Terry Lee Stone. Quirk Books.

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Ingredients

3/4 cups all-purpose flour		1 cup sugar
1 tsp baking soda		4 eggs
2 tsp baking powder		1.25 cups honey
1/4 tsp salt		1 (12 ounce) bottle honey beer
1 tsp cloves		Juice and grated zest of 1 lemon
1 tsp cinnamon		1/2 cup (1 stick) salted butter (for frosting)
1 tsp allspice		3.5 cups congectioners' sugar (for frosting)
1 tsp nutmeg		1/2 cup honey beer (for frosting)
1/2 cup (1 stick) salted butter		2 tbsp honey (for frosting)
1 cup light brown sugar		2 cups mixed nuts (for finish)

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1
Preheat oven to 325°F. Grease and flour a 9-by-13-inch sheet cake pan.
2
Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cloves, cinnamon, allspice, and nutmeg; set aside. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugars 3 to 5 minutes, or until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition. Mix in honey, lemon juice, and zest.
3
Mix in flour mixture and beer in three alternating additions. Bake 40 to 45 minutes, or until a knife comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool.
4
For the frosting: In a mixing bowl, cream butter with about 1/3 of the confectioners’ sugar. Mix in beer and the rest of the sugar in alternating additions, beating until smooth and creamy. Stir in honey.
5
Remove cake from the pan and place on a plate large enough to hold the cake and nuts. Cover with frosting and scatter nuts on top and around the plate.

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