Honey Bee Cake

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 12 tablespoons butter (room temperature)
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup honey
• 2 teaspoons vanilla flavoring
• 2 eggs (room temp)
• 3/4 cup milk

  (room temperature)
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1 bag Yellow Jelly Beans (optional)
• 1 bag Yellow Fondant
• 1 tube Black Decorating Gel

Instructions

• 1 Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.  Spray a 9 inch x 5 inch loaf pan with
  cooking spray or use a nonstick pan. (if using non-stick cake pans lower temp to
  325° F)
• 2 Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt into a small bowl.  Stir to
  combine.
• 3 Use the paddle attachment on a stand mixer or hand-held to combine the soft
  butter, sugar and honey at a slow speed. 
  
  Add vanilla and mix again.  Increase mixer speed and beat until the mixture is
  fluffy.  (takes several minutes)
  
  Be sure to scrape the sides of the bowl to incorporate any stray ingredients. 
  Add and blend eggs one at a time.
• 4 Mix at low speed (stir)  as you add the flour mixture in three stages. 
  Alternate adding the flour mixture with the milk – begin and end with flour. 
  (add flour, add ½ milk, add flour, add remainder of milk, add flour).  Only mix
  enough to combine the ingredients.
• 5 Spread the cake batter into your prepared pan.  Add slowly and use spatula to
  spread it evenly. 
  
  Place in center of oven and bake for 40-55 minutes – until cake is firm on top
  and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out mostly clean.
• 6 Let cake cool in the pan on a wire rack – then remove from pan. When cool –
  enjoy as is or glaze with the honey glaze.
• 7 Mix together powdered sugar, honey and milk in a small bowl. Mix until well
  blended and thick. Drizzle over cake.

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