Dark Rye and Honey Cake: Festival baking from the heart of the Low Countries

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The scholarship here is astonishing. It is an engrossing, original and beautiful book.” DIANA HENRY The cake was made popular due to Charles VII and his mistress Agnès Sorel’s fondness for it, and it spread through the French court during the 15th century. By the 16th century, a guild of spice bread makers was formed in Reims, followed by Paris. Sift rye flour, all-purpose flour, ground ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and pepper through a coarse-mesh sieve into a medium bowl. Stir in baking powder and salt. Whisk eggs, granulated sugar, brown sugar, fresh ginger, and vanilla extract in a large bowl to combine. Whisk in coconut oil, vegetable oil, and cooled molasses mixture. Add dry ingredients and fold just until blended. Scrape batter into prepared pan. Step 3

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A rare glimpse into the rich and fascinating food culture of one of our closest neighbours – a work of scholarship, but also a work of art.” FELICITY CLOAKE, Guardian and author of One More Croissant for the Road and Red Sauce Brown Sauce Beat the yoghurt in a large bowl and beat in one egg at a time. Pour in the olive oil and honey and beat well. Sift the flour and baking powder into the bowl, add the ground almonds and caster sugar and the other half of the lemon juice, all of the zest and a pinch of salt, mixing deftly and swiftly. Put half the lemon juice, all of the orange juice and 1 tablespoon of caster sugar in a saucepan and put to one side. Fold in the dry ingredients with a wide rubber spatula, being careful not to overmix. Stop as soon as the dry ingredients are incorporated and there aren’t any clumps of flour. Spiced honey bread spread through monasteries across Europe and became part of the Christmas festivities. Pain d’épices became especially important in Reims, Alsace, as well as Dijon.

In Dark Rye and Honey Cake, acclaimed food writer and historian Regula Ysewijn turns her focus to the bakes and culinary history of her Belgian homeland. RECIPES: Discover dozens of Belgian bakes including, pastries, pies, biscuits, cakes, breads and, of course, waffles Mix the baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves and orange zest with the flour. Add gradually to the egg and honey mixture, beating vigorously to a smooth batter.

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Break cake into large pieces and arrange on a platter. Swirl honey into yogurt in a small bowl and serve alongside cake. Step 5 Bake the large cake in a preheated 160C fan/gas mark 4 oven for 1¼ hours, or longer, until firm and brown on top, and the smaller ones for 1 hour. Our client is a forward thinking well-recognised luxury... C&M Travel Recruitment Ltd: Business development manager Regula uses history and art to guide the reader through a fascinating period, and paints – through her stunning photography and recipes – the landscape of the region’s rich baking culture. Dark Rye and Honey Cakeexplores a whole year of rustic bakes, unearthing long-forgotten recipes and reviving treasured favourites. There are waffles and winter breads for the 12 days of Christmas, pancakes for Candlemas and Carnival, pretzels for Lent, vlaai and fried dough for Kermis and all the special sweet treats that make up Saint Nicholas and Saint Martin.Ysewijn wrote three more British cookbooks before getting the go-ahead to write Dark Rye and Honey Cake in 2020: The British Baking Book (a.k.a. Oats in the North, Wheat from the South, 2020), The Official Downton Abbey Christmas Cookbook (2020) and The National Trust Book of Puddings (2019). In a large bowl, whisk together the flours, baking powder, spices, and zest. Beat the eggs and milk: Toast the hazelnuts in a pan over a medium heat for five minutes or until golden brown. Once cool, pulse-blend in a food processor with the rye bread, baking powder and cocoa powder, into a fine crumb. This makes a very distinctive cake, but I'd say it's not for the average person. I really love molasses, but it was a bit bitter even for me. The yogurt and honey didn't help it at all, as both of those have bitter elements themselves and the combo brought out the worst in all of them. I think it would work very well with vanilla ice cream or good whipped cream, though. That should soften this cake's flavor a lot. Hahnemann tells me that this cake was first served in Southern Jutland after the war in 1864, as part of a sønderjysk kaffebord, or a traditional cake table. Danish people were not allowed to join political meetings in liquor taverns, instead meeting in special assembly houses. Women would bring cake for people to enjoy but also to show their political will and presence at these important meetings (before women were allowed to vote).