Sticky Honey Peanut Cake Recipe

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    Ingredients

  • For Cake:
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 ½ cups fine biscuit/cake crumbs
  • 1 ½ cups finely ground roasted peanuts
  • ½ cup white sugar
  • ½ cup honey
  • ¼ cup canola oil
  • 3 eggs
  • 3T cider vinegar
  • For Syrup:
  • ¾ cup honey
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • ½ cup apple cider
  • ¼ t salt
  • ¼ t ground black pepper

Directions

  • Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.
  • Generously butter a 9” cake pan and reserve
  • In a small bowl combine salt, cinnamon, biscuit/cake crumbs and peanuts and reserve
  • In a large mixing bowl, combine remaining ingredients for cake and whisk until very smooth and eggs are aerated
  • Pour into prepared pan and bake until cake just pulls away from sides and tester comes out clean, about 35 minutes
  • Meanwhile, combine syrup ingredients in a heavy bottomed sauce pan and cook on medium heat until thick, about 12 minutes. Reserve.
  • Allow cake to cool 10 minutes. Using a skewer or small straw, poke holes in cake.
  • Lightly brush with warm syrup, using it all. Allow to cool another 10-15 minutes
  • before inverting to remove from pan. The cake can be served warm or room temp, excellent with whipped cream, ice cream, or a light custard sauce. Garnish with rough chopped roasted peanuts.

    • Tips/Techniques

    Recipe is courtesy of Phoebe Lawless, from the Scratch Bakery in Durham, NC.

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