I received a cook book this Christmas by Ina Garten, called Cooking for Jeffrey. There are lots of yummy recipes in the book and one caught my eye. It is a Bourbon Honey Cake. I don’t have any bourbon in the house so the one I made today is a Honey Cake. This is my version of the cake in her cookbook. I did make a couple of changes including replacing the 3 eggs with yogurt, substituting some of the spices I didn’t have on hand and I also had reduced some of the sugar and honey. I eliminated the sliced almonds but added a glaze. If you have bourbon, you can substitute the water for bourbon.

Honey Cake

In a large mixing bowl, combine:

• 1 cup canola or vegetable oil
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 3/4 cup honey
• 3/4 cup plain unsweetened yogurt (equal to 3 eggs)
• Zest of 2 oranges
• 1 tsp vanilla

In a separate bowl, sift together:

• 3 and 3/4 cups flour
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 3 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp allspice
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg

Alternate the dry ingredients into the oil and sugar mixture with:

• 1 cup hot coffee
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 1/4 cup water

Optional: Top with sliced almonds

Bake at 350 degrees F for approximately 45-50 minutes in a greased and floured tube pan. Let cool.

Glaze:

• 1 cup icing sugar
• 2 tbsp orange juice
• 1/4 tsp vanilla

Drizzle glaze over cooled cake.