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Spiced Cake - {Pain D'Epices}

Cuisine: French
Courses: Dessert
Serves: 1 people

Recipe Ingredients

2 cups 125g / 4.4ozFlour
1/2 cup 99g / 3.5ozGranulated sugar
1 teaspoon 5mlBaking soda
1 cup 237mlMilk
1 teaspoon 5mlAnisette
1 teaspoon 5mlRum
1 teaspoon 5mlGround cinnamon
2 tablespoons 30mlLiquid honey
1/2 cup 46g / 1.6ozBlanched almonds

Recipe Instructions

In mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, soda, milk, anisette, rum, and cinnamon. Work with wooden spoon until smooth. Cover and let stand overnight at room temperature. When ready to cook, stir in honey and almonds. Turn dough into buttered loaf pan (8"x5"x3"), no more than 1/2 full. Cover with aluminum foil. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees and continue baking for 45 minutes. Unmold while hot. Serve cold, cut into thin slices. (For a special treat, spread the slices with butter.)

Pain d'epices keeps a few weeks in wax paper and aluminum foil.

Source:
THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING by Fernande Garvin - Published by Bantam Books, Inc. (c) 1958

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