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Honey & Orange Traybake served
Moist traybake sponge infused with fresh orange juice and honey

Honey and orange traybake

Author: Flavelo
Recipes Cakes and Desserts
This cake is the perfect companion for winter afternoons. It belongs to the family of mixed batters, where the goal is to achieve a juicy, soft crumb. The acidity of orange juice and the sugars in honey react during baking, creating caramel, deep flavours, while cinnamon adds warmth to the whole.
🕒 Prep Time 20 mins
🍳 Cook Time 30 mins
⌛ Total Time 1 hr
🍽️ Servings 12 servings
🔥 Calories 240 kcal
🌍 Cuisine International

Ingredients

Equipment Needed

  • Baking tray (approx. 20x30 cm)
  • Hand whisk
  • Grater (for orange)
  • Baking paper

Allergen Information

⚠️ Cereals containing gluten
⚠️ Eggs
⚠️ Milk

Instructions

1 ✓

Preheat the oven to 180°C, line the tray with baking paper.

Tip: This way you don't need to butter and flour, and it will be easier to lift out the finished cake.
2 ✓

In a bowl, mix the dry ingredients: the flour, baking powder and cinnamon.

Tip: Mixing ensures the baking powder is distributed everywhere, so the cake won't be lopsided or full of holes.
3 ✓

In another bowl, whisk the eggs with the sugar until foamy, then drizzle in the honey, melted (lukewarm) butter, orange juice and grated zest.

Tip: The butter shouldn't be hot, otherwise it will cook the eggs. Whisking with sugar introduces air into the batter.
4 ✓

Pour the wet mixture into the dry, and mix just until the flour disappears. Do not overmix!

Tip: Overmixing activates the gluten, making the cake tough and dense instead of crumbly.
5 ✓

Smooth the batter into the tray and bake for 25-30 minutes. Perform a skewer test.

Tip: If liquid batter no longer sticks to the skewer, only moist crumbs, then it is good.
6 ✓

Cool completely in the tray, then cut into squares. Dust with icing sugar before serving.

Tip: It may crumble and break if cut while warm.

Recipe FAQ

Why did the cake turn out flat?
The baking powder might have been old, or the batter stood too long before baking and the gas bubbles escaped.
It became too dry.
You probably overbaked it. Every oven is different, do a skewer test 5 minutes before the end!

Ingredients

  • 250 g Plain flour
  • 100 g Honey
  • 100 g Caster sugar
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 Orange (zest and juice)
  • 50 ml Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
  • 1 sachet Baking powder
  • 100 g Butter (melted, but not hot)
  • 1 tsp Ground cinnamon