Photo: David Holifield
Hive cake
14 ingredients
30 min + 2 hr
Serves 14-16
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This gorgeous lemon and honey flavoured cake with cute smiley bees buzzing round would make a perfect birthday cake.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
767
Calories
20g
Protein
19g
Fat
130g
Carbs
Counts 7 of 8 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Honey | 1 tbsp (21g) | 64 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Almond | 1 almond (1.2g) | 7 |
| Icing | 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
- 400g/14oz butter
- 400g/14oz sugar
- 2 tbsp honey
- 2 lemons
- 7 free-range eggs
- 400g/14oz self-raising flour
- 1kg/2lb 4oz butter
- 1.5kg/3lb 5oz icing sugar
- lemon juice
- 1 tbsp honey
- Golden-yellow colouring - rather than lemon
- Small amounts of ready-to-roll fondant icing
- 25g/1oz flaked almonds
- 250g/9oz ready-to-roll green fondant icing
Directions
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By bbcfood ·
Recipe sourced from
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