Homemade Honey Cake Recipe

Recipe for Honey Cake
Ingredients Needed to make Honey Cake:
How to Make Honey Cake
Expert Tips for making this Moist Honey Cake Recipe
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
Can you freeze honey cake?
Looking for even more sweet treats?
Honey Cake Recipe

This Honey Cake recipe is so sweet and moist that you’re going to want to keep it all to yourself!

It’s amazing how perfectly the honey combines with the rest of the ingredients to make a delicious mouth-watering flavor.

Dare I say that this simple cake recipe just might become one of your new favorite desserts?

Who loves cake? But even more than that, who loves cake made with honey?

Be sure to check out my Bird’s Nest Coconut Cupcakes Recipe for another super fun treat as well. You can never have too many sweets and treats on your baking radar!

Recipe for Honey Cake

If you’ve never had honey in your cake, you’re going to love it.

I know what you’re thinking – because I was right there with you at first. The thought of adding honey to a cake sounds like it might be a bit sticky, but I assure you it’s not.

In fact, the honey is added and mixed in creating the perfect texture and taste.

What I love about this easy honey cake recipe is that it’s light and fluffy, with an amazingly addictive amount of sweetness.

It’s a fair statement to say that one piece isn’t going to be enough. Get ready to dig in!

Ingredients Needed to make Honey Cake:

all-purpose flour
baking powder
baking soda
salt
ground cinnamon
ground cloves
ground allspice
vegetable oil
honey
sugar
brown sugar
eggs
vanilla extract
coffee
orange juice

How to Make Honey Cake

Step 1: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Prepare an angel food cake pan by lightly greasing with butter or shortening and dusting with flour. Remove excess flour.

Step 2: In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and spices.

Step 3: To the flour, add the oil, honey, sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, coffee, and orange juice.

Step 4: Mix until all of the ingredients are combined but do not over mix.

Step 5: Transfer the batter to the prepared baking pan.

Step 6: Bake for 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Step 7: Allow the cake to rest in the baking pan for 10 minutes.

Run a knife around the edge of the pan and then invert the cake onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Expert Tips for making this Moist Honey Cake Recipe

Don’t overmix the batter! Just stir till everyone is combined – that’s it! If you stir too much, the batter will bake to be tough and lose some of the moistness to the cake.
If you want to leave out the coffee, you can. It’s a great flavor to add to the cake, but it’s not one that will make or break the cake.

Can you add toppings to a honey cake?

Great question. Typically, this honey cake recipe is served without any type of topping on it. But if you want toppings, add toppings! Drizzling some extra honey on top would be a super sweet idea!

How long does honey cake last in the fridge?

As long as you store this Russian honey cake in the fridge in an airtight container, it should stay fresh for up to 7 days! (although, I highly doubt that leftovers last that long!)

Should honey cake be refrigerated?

Yes, I highly recommend that you keep your honey cake recipe stored in the fridge. This will keep it as fresh as possible for as long as possible!

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

It’s SO moist
The flavor and sweetness is unique to other cakes
Leftovers last for several days without ruining the texture of the cake

Can you freeze honey cake?

This cake recipe is meant to be eaten fresh. While you can freeze it, I find that having it in the fridge for the week of time and eating it during that timeframe is the way to go.

Looking for even more sweet treats?

A closeup of a slice of honey cake on a white plate.

Honey Cake Recipe

It’s time to make your very own Honey Cake right at home! Course DessertCuisine AmericanKeyword Honey Cake Recipe Prep Time 15 minutesCook Time 1 hour Servings 12 servings Calories 376kcal Author Kristie Sawicki

Ingredients

3½ cups all-purpose flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
4 tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp ground cloves
½ tsp ground allspice
1 cup vegetable oil
1 cup honey
1½ cups sugar
½ cup brown sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup coffee
¾ cup orange juice

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare an angel food cake pan by lightly greasing with butter or shortening and dusting with flour. Remove excess flour.

In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and spices.

To the flour, add the oil, honey, sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, coffee, and orange juice.

Mix until all of the ingredients are combined but do not over mix.

Transfer the batter to the prepared baking pan.

Bake for 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Allow the cake to rest in the baking pan for 10 minutes. Run a knife around the edge of the pan and then invert the cake onto a wire rack to cool completely.