Bees, Honey, Honey Bees!

@HiveAlive wow, sounds great. I am not the cook in the house but I bet between the two of us, we could make this work.

The "stuff" from the stores certainly does have it's uses. Since I have easy access to all the honey I want, I use it in everything. ...except coffee. That doesn't even sound right to me.

Here's a nice substantial honey based desert for you. Honey Spice Cake Ingredients 200g unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing 100g light muscovado sugar (yes the different types of sugars create a special flavor. you could get away with 200g of normal white sugar or experiment with using two or three different honeys instead) 100g golden caster sugar 175g honey 2 medium eggs, beaten 260ml whole milk 325g plain general purpose flour ½ tsp salt 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda 1 tsp baking powder ¾ tsp each ground ginger, ground cinnamon and grated nutmeg ½ tsp ground cloves ½ tsp caraway seeds Finely grated zest of 1 small orange Finely grated zest of 1 small lemon 50g candied chopped mixed peel For the honey glaze 1 tbsp honey (I like to use a darker, more flavorful honey than what I use in the cake itself) 1 tbsp whole milk 60g icing sugar, sifted *Preheat the oven to 150°C *Lightly butter and line a loaf pan (about 22cm x 12cm x 7cm) with parchment paper. *Put the butter, sugars and honey in a pan and stir over a low heat until melted. Leave to cool slightly, then stir in the beaten eggs and milk. *Sift the flour, salt, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder and all the spices except the caraway seeds into a mixing bowl and make a well in the center. *Add the butter mixture in batches, along with the caraway seeds, grated zest and candied peel, beating until smooth. *Pour the batter into the tin, then bake for 1¼ hours or until firm to the touch and a knife pushed into the center comes out clean. *Leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out and cool on a wire rack. For the glaze, warm the honey in a small pan. Mix in the milk and icing sugar until smooth. Brush over the cake, then leave to cool completely. Peel off the paper, then cut into slices to serve. Goes well with a vanilla bean ice cream.

Any particular favorite? Wildflower honey, clover honey, apple honey...? I only have a few hives so I let them produce the simplest form of honey there is, wildflower. I have yet to have two harvests taste the same.

@HiveAlive wildflower

same... well mostly. Black locust results in a very dark, very strongly flavored, honey. It's actually a bit too much for me although my daughter likes it.