Spiced Cake - {Pain D'Epices}

Recipe Ingredients

2 cups	125g / 4.4oz	Flour
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Granulated sugar
1 teaspoon	5ml	Baking soda
1 cup	237ml	Milk
1 teaspoon	5ml	Anisette
1 teaspoon	5ml	Rum
1 teaspoon	5ml	Ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons	30ml	Liquid honey
1/2 cup	46g / 1.6oz	Blanched almonds

Recipe Instructions

In mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, soda, milk, anisette, rum, and cinnamon. Work with wooden spoon until smooth. Cover and let stand overnight at room temperature. When ready to cook, stir in honey and almonds. Turn dough into buttered loaf pan (8"x5"x3"), no more than 1/2 full. Cover with aluminum foil. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees and continue baking for 45 minutes. Unmold while hot. Serve cold, cut into thin slices. (For a special treat, spread the slices with butter.)

Pain d'epices keeps a few weeks in wax paper and aluminum foil.

Source:
THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING by Fernande Garvin - Published by Bantam Books, Inc. (c) 1958

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