Medianyk (Honey Cake)

Ingredients

• •4 oz Butter
• •4 lg Eggs
• •14 oz Honey
• •14 oz Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
• •-; 3 Cups
• •1/2 ts Ground Ginger
• •1/2 ts Ground Nutmeg
• •1/2 ts Ground Cloves
• •1 ts Cinnamon
• •2 ts Baking Powder

Directions

1. 1Cream the butter and separate the eggs. Add the room temperature yolks,
2. 2one at a time, to the butter and beat well. Mix in the honey. Sift the
3. 3flour, baking powder, and spices twice and add to the butter mixture.
4. 4Whip the egg whites until stiff. Fold a little of the egg whites into the
5. 5batter, then add the rest of them, folding them gently into the batter.
6. 6Pour the batter into a guttered and floured loaf pan. Bake in a preheated
7. 7350 Degrees F. oven until firm on top and a toothpick inserted in the
8. 8center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool, in the pan, for 10 minutes,
9. 9then remove and finish cooling on a wire rack