Honey Breakfast Loaves

Ingredients

For Cake:

  • 2 cups 
    all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp. 
    baking powder
  • 1 tsp. 
    baking soda
  • 2 tsp. 
    kosher salt
  • 1 Tbsp. 
    cinnamon
  • 2 tsp. 
    nutmeg
  • 1 tsp. 
    ginger powder
  • ½ tsp. 
    ground cloves
  • 2 tsp. 
    ground allspice
  • 1 ½ cups 
    sugar
  • ½ cup 
    light brown sugar
  • zest 
    from one orange
  • ¾ cup 
    equal mixture of slivered almonds and rolled oats
  • 1 cup 
    canola oil
  • 1 cup 
    BeeMaid honey
  • 3 large 
    eggs at room tempurature
  • 1 tsp. 
    vanilla extract
  • ½ cup 
    fresh orange juice
  • 1½ cups 
    coffee, warm

For Glaze:

  • ⅓ cup 
    sugar
  • ⅓ cup 
    orange juice
  • ⅓ cup 
    BeeMaid honey
  • 1 tsp. 
    ginger powder
  • zest 
    from one orange

Directions

Grease 2 large loaf pans. Set aside.

Preheat oven to 350°F.

In a large bowl, place flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, 1 tsp. ginger powder, ground cloves, allspice, 1 1/2 cup granulated sugar, light brown sugar and the zest from one orange and whisk together.

In a separate, medium bowl, place canola oil, 1 cup BeeMaid honey, eggs, vanilla extract and 1/2 cup fresh orange juice - measuring the oil before the honey, as that will make it easier for the honey to glide out of the measuring cup - and whisk well.

Combine the two mixtures and stir with a strong whisk. Add warm coffee and whisk until the ingredients are thoroughly combined and smooth.

Pour the batter into the two prepared pans. Finish the cakes with the oat/almond topping. Place in the oven. Bake until the cake can be poked with a knife in the center and it comes back clean, around 50 minutes - 1 hour.

While the cakes are baking, make the cake glaze. Place 1/3 cup granulated sugar, 1/3 cup orange juice, 1/3 cup honey, 1 tsp. ginger powder and zest from one orange into a sauce pot and bring to a boil, stirring until the liquids are combined.

Remove cakes from the oven and make a number of pokes on the surfaces of the cake with a knife. Pour the glaze on top equally between the two cakes, using a brush if needed to push around the glaze into all parts of the top of the cake.

Set the cakes aside and let cool. Once cooled, remove from the loaf pans and cut.