Emma Dean’s honey thyme cake Recipe

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Emma Dean’s honey thyme cake

Fresh from the MasterChef Australia winner’s new book, 'A Homegrown Table', this recipe is often requested as a birthday cake by Emma’s friends. “I have since added the thyme, which is stunning with honey and almonds,” says Emma.

Ingredients

For the cake batter:

90 g melted butter

4 eggs

185 g caster sugar

zest of 2 lemons

60 ml cream

90 g sifted self-raising flour

For the topping:

2 cups flaked almonds

90 g butter

90 g caster sugar

60 ml cream

2 tablespoons honey

2 heaped teaspoons fresh thyme leaves

Method

Preheat the oven to 180C. Grease and line a deep 20 cm round pan.

Beat the eggs and sugar in a large bowl until thick and pale. Using a spatula, fold in the lemon zest, butter and cream in batches. Fold in the flour. Pour into the prepared tin and bake for 40 minutes until firm in the centre.

When the cake is nearly ready, make the almond topping by combining all the ingredients in a saucepan.

Stir over a medium heat and bring to the boil. Turn off the heat and pour the hot mixture over the top of the cake.

Put the cake back in the oven for 10 minutes or until the topping turns golden. Remove from the oven and allow the cake to cool in the tin.

Once cool, remove the cake from the tin and place on a serving plate. This is fabulous with whipped cream.

Extracted with permission from Emma Dean’s A Homegrown Table, published by New Holland Publishers.

2 Comments

Marja Morgan
March 17, 2016

After listening to your interview with Dennis-I am looking forward to trying this recipe-thank you for sharing.

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Cathie
April 9, 2016

I was a bit concerned as it cooked but it worked out beautifully. I would not eat a serve though. Too much butter and sugar but boy it’s delicious. I had a sliver!

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