French Spice Cake “Pain d’épices”
- Prep Time: 30 mins
- Cook Time: 50 mins
- Total Time: 1 hour 20 mins
- Yield: 8-10 1x
- Category: Cakes and Pies
- Cuisine: French recipes
Back to basics today with an old French classic: the famous spice cake “pain d’épices”, consisting of rye flour, honey and spices.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2/3 cup (210g) honey
- 1 cup (110g) rye flour
- 3/4 cup (110g) all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup (110g) cold plain milk
- 3 Tablespoons (40g) caster sugar
- 1 pinch of salt
- 2 teaspoons (12g) baking powder
- 2 large eggs
- 1/3 cup (75g) melted butter
- 1 teaspoon lemon zests
- 1 teaspoon orange zests
- 1 teaspoon 5 spice powder*
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 300°F (150°C). Grease a loaf pan with butter.
- Pour honey in a large bowl. Add rye flour and mix until well combined, using a hand mixer or a stand mixer with a paddle attachment on low speed.
- Incorporate one at a time all-purpose flour, cold milk, sugar, salt, baking powder, eggs and melted butter, stirring well after each addition. Add the spices and stir well.
- Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and bake for about 50 minutes. When the cake is lukewarm, unmold it and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
* consisting of ground cinnamon, ground cloves, fennel seed, ground star anise, and ground szechuan peppercorns.
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