Teisen Mel

Description

Traditional Welsh Honeycake

Ingredients

• ½ lb all-purpose flour
• ½ tsp baking powder
• 1½ tsp cinnamon
• ¼ lb + 1 tbsp honey
• ¼ lb butter
• ¼ lb sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tbsp milk (more or less as needed)

Procedures

1. Sift the flour, baking powder and cinnamon into a bowl.
2. In another bowl, cream the butter with 3 ounces of sugar; add the egg yolks and gradually stir in the ¼ lb of honey.
3. Carefully stir in the flour mixture, and then add the milk.
4. Lightly grease a pie plate tin, and spread the batter leaving a slight mound in the center.
5. Bake at 400° for about thirty minutes; let cake rest for two minutes before turning it onto a wire rack.
6. Let the cake cool for ten minutes, and then place it onto a baking tray.
7. Brush the top with 1 tbs honey.
8. Whisk the egg whites and remaining 1 ounce of sugar to prepare a meringue mixture, and swirl over the top of the cake.
9. Bake at 325 °F for about twenty minutes; cool completely before serving.