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Nectar cake with hidden beehive
Photo: David Holifield

Nectar cake with hidden beehive

37 ingredients 1 hr Makes 1 openrecipes

A hidden design cake made with delicious honey-flavoured sponge decorated with a cream cheese frosting and a fondant flower and bee.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1180
Calories
25g
Protein
38g
Fat
189g
Carbs

Counts 13 of 15 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chocolate 1 oz (28g) semisweet 155
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Pear 1 medium (178g) 101
Cream Cheese 1 oz (28g) 99
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Honey 1 tbsp (21g) 64
Orange 1 medium (131g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Almond 1 almond (1.2g) 7
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Cake not in our table 0
Marzipan not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • , for greasing butter
  • , for lining cake tin caster sugar
  • 4 medium free-range eggs
  • 125g/4½oz caster sugar
  • ¼ tsp gel food colouring
  • 1 tsp almond extract
  • 55g/2oz butter
  • 125g/4½oz plain flour
  • 4 tinned pear
  • 1 tbsp ginger
  • 1 tbsp caramel
  • 280g/10oz unsalted butter
  • 250g/12oz runny honey (preferably orange
  • 220g/8oz light muscovado sugar
  • 350g/12oz self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ginger
  • 4 medium free-range eggs
  • 300g/10½oz unsalted butter
  • 200g/7oz icing sugar
  • 3 tsp runny honey
  • gel food colour in dark brown, black and yellow
  • 500g/1lb 2oz icing sugar
  • 100g/3½oz unsalted butter
  • 250g/9oz full fat cream cheese
  • 50g/1¾oz runny honey
  • 65g/21/3oz caster sugar
  • 90ml/6tbsp Poire William liqueur
  • 2 tsp undyed marzipan
  • 30g/1oz plain chocolate
  • 30g/1oz white chocolate
  • 2 almond
  • 50g/1¾oz pink sugarpaste
  • , for rolling cornflour
  • edible food glue (optional)
  • lescent lustre in pink (for petal edges) pear

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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