Honey Cake
Ingredients
Instructions
- Sift flour, salt and sugar into mixing bowl. Cut in butter with 2 knives, then rub with fingertips until mixture resembles fine crumbs.
- Beat egg yolk with lemon juice and cold water and blend in, using knife. When dough clings together knead lightly until smooth, cover and rest for 30 minutes.
- Beat cheese until smooth, gradually beat in honey and sugar. Beat in eggs, lemon juice and 1 teaspoon cinnamon.
- Roll out pastry on a lightly floured board to a 30 cm (12 inch) circle.
- Line a greased 25 cm (10 inch) springform tin or pie plate with the pastry.
- Lightly beat egg white and brush some of this over pastry.
- Pour cheese mixture into pastry case and smooth top.
- Bake in a hot oven for 15 minutes, reduce to moderately slow and bake a further 30 minutes until set.
- Switch off heat and open over door slightly.
- Leave pie in oven until cool.
- Dust with remaining cinnamon and serve cut in wedges or in traditional diamond-shaped pieces.