wsake

after reading Katherine Mansfield´s MISS BRILL

a honey cake became the saddest pastry out there to me

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"On her way home she usually bought a slice of honey cake at the baker's. 

It was her Sunday treat. 

Sometimes there was an almond in her slice, sometimes not. 

It made a great difference. 

If there was an almond it was like carrying home a tiny present - a surprise - 

something that might very well not have been there. 

She hurried on the almond Sundays and struck the match for the kettle in quite a dashing way. "

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Maira Kalman´s THE PRINCIPLES OF UNCERTAINTY made it a happy cake again

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"There is nothing illusory in this tiny heaven.

I am silent with gratitude.

I will go and bake a honey cake

and that´s all."

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the recipe is even included in her book

but since it was too sweet for me

i came up with my own version

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OLIVE OIL HONEY CAKE

2 eggs, beaten

add 100 ml honey + 60 ml olive oil

mix in 200g spelt flour + 1tsp baking soda + cinnamon and other spices as you like

add about 100ml very strong tea

until you have a fine dough

now you can put in some chopped up apples, nuts, raisins...

pour into a loaf pan - bottom lined (awesome trick)

i don´t recommend bundt pans

my cakes were to sticky to come out again in one piece

to make everybody´s Sunday an almond Sunday stud the cake tighly with almonds

bake about 45 min at 175 degrees celsius

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HONEY CAKE PENDANTS

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BEEKEEPERS QUILT

this one takes ages...

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and here´s an other treat for you:

i helped my sister and her boyfriend put up a blog

to show their work

GUT SEIN

(they´re lucky to be friends with a superb image editor as you can see

this is an underrated art)

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a nice ARTICLE about WSAKE in our local newspaper