BEEHIVE CAKE
Steps:
- To make the honey almond praline: Melt the butter, add sugar and honey, cook until bubbly and ingredients marry. Remove from the heat and stir in the almonds. Let this mixture cool.
- To make the custard filling: First place the sugar and cornstarch in a small to medium pan. In a bowl, mix the egg yolks and milk together. Whisk them into the sugar and starch mixture in the pan. Cook this over low heat and gradually increase to a medium heat bringing the mixture to a boil. The mixture will bubble slowly. Whisk this bubbling mixture for 3 to 4 minutes and remove from heat.
- Soak the gelatin in a 1/4 cup of warm water for 5 minutes. Add gelatin mixture to hot custard and whisk. Set aside to cool in a clean bowl. Cover with plastic to keep mixture from crusting and refrigerate until cool.
- After mixture has cooled, whip cream, sugar, and vanilla to medium peaks. Fold whipped cream into cooled custard. Make sure to whisk custard to creamy stage before gradually folding in whipping cream. Refrigerate until ready to fill split cake layers.
- To make the cake: Sift flour and salt together into a large bowl. Make a well in the center of the flour. Add yeast and sugar to the well. Add milk, cooled melted butter, and egg, and let sit for 2 minutes to soften yeast, whisk yeast and liquid ingredients only to dissolve yeast. Gradually whisk or beat in flour until well is blended. Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface and knead in enough flour only until dough is no longer sticky. Continue kneading approximately 5 to 7 minutes until dough is smooth and elastic. Cover dough with a towel or plastic wrap and let dough rest approximately 1/2 hour to 45 minutes.
- Punch dough down. Roll or pat dough into 9 inch, greased pan. Prick dough all over with a fork. Spread cooled honey almond praline over dough. Let cake rest and double in height approximately, 45 to 60 minutes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Bake until golden approximately 20 to 25 minutes.
- To assemble the cake: Cut cooled cake in half to make 2 layers. Drizzle 1/3 jar caramel over bottom layer. Top with the custard mixture. Place the top layer over the custard and refrigerate or freeze for several hours to firm up custard before cutting.
- This recipe can be doubled and made into a half sheet cake the size of a jellyroll pan, this is wonderful to serve for breakfast gatherings, this cake will not be too sweet. If baking in half sheet, use a piece of cardboard to lift off top half of cake, you can use a flattened paper plate on round cake layers.
LEMON BEEHIVE CAKE
Steps:
- 325F. Grease, flour pan;tap out excess. For cake:sift tog flour, baking powder and salt; set aside. In bowl of an elec mixer with flat beater, beat butter on med speed til creamy and smooth, about 1 min. Add gran sugar and lemon zest, continue beating til light and fluffy, about 5 mins. Add eggs a little at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla about 30 secs. Reduce speed to low and add flour mixture in three additions alternating with milk, beginning and ending with flour. Beat each addition just until incorporated. Add lemon juice and beat for 30 secs. Spoon batter into pan,spreading batter so sides are higher than center. Bake until cake begins to pull away from sides and tester inserted into center comes out clean, 55 to 60 mins. Transfer pan to wire rack and let cool in pan for 10 mins. Meanwhile, make glaze:In small saucepan over med heat, stir tog honey, lemon juice and salt and bring to a simmer, about 2 mins. Remove from heat. Tap cake pan gently to loosen cakes. Invert pan onto a rack and lift off. Using pastry brush, brush warm cake with glaze. Let cake cool at least 2 hrs before assembling and decorating.For buttercream:beat butter on med speed til smooth and creamy, about 1 min. Add confects sugar, milk, vanilla and salt, continue beating til light and fluffy, 2 to 3 mins more. For royal icing:in a small bowl, stir together confects sugar and 2 tsp milk til smooth. If necessary add more milk 1/2 tsp at a time til icing is thick but still pourable. Stand one half of cooled cake vertically on its base. Using serrated knife, level flat side of cake by trimming edge. Repeat with other cake half. Using an offset spatula spread a thin layer of buttercream, about 1/2 C, on cut side of one of cake halves. Place cut side of other cake half against frosted side and gently press to secure; using spatula, smooth buttercream at seam. Using a large spatula, transfer cake to platter. Drizzle with royal icing making sure to cover frosted seams.
LEMON BEEHIVE CAKE
Make and share this Lemon Beehive Cake recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Chef Miel
Categories Dessert
Time 1h40m
Yield 1 beehive cake, 8-10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 21
Steps:
- Have all the ingredients at room temperature.
- Position a rack in the lower third of an oven and preheat to 325°F Grease and flour a beehive cake pan; tap out excess flour.
- To make the cake, over a sheet of waxed paper, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the flat beater, beat the butter on medium speed until creamy and smooth, about 1 minute. Add the granulated sugar and lemon zest and continue beating until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes, stopping the mixer occasionally to scrape down the sides of the bowl. Add the eggs a little at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla just until incorporated, about 30 seconds.
- Reduce the speed to low and add the flour mixture in three additions, alternating with the milk and beginning and ending with the flour. Beat each addition just until incorporated, stopping the mixer occasionally to scrape down the sides of the bowl. Add the lemon juice and beat for 30 seconds.
- Spoon the batter into the prepared pan, spreading the batter so the sides are higher than the center. Bake until the cake begins to pull away from the sides of the pan and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 55 to 60 minutes. Transfer the pan to a wire rack and let the cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, make the glaze: In a small saucepan over medium heat, stir together the honey, lemon juice and salt and bring just to a simmer, about 2 minutes. Remove from the heat.
- Tap the cake pan gently on a work surface to loosen the cake. Set the rack over a sheet of waxed paper, invert the pan onto the rack and lift off the pan. Using a pastry brush, brush the warm cake with the glaze. Let the cake cool completely, at least 2 hours, before assembling and decorating.
- To make the buttercream, in a small bowl, using a handheld mixer, beat the butter on medium speed until smooth and creamy, about 1 minute. Add the confectioners' sugar, milk, vanilla and salt and continue beating until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes more.
- To make the royal icing, in a small bowl, stir together the confectioners' sugar and the 2 teaspoons milk until smooth. If necessary, add more milk 1/2 teaspoons at a time until the icing is thick but still pourable.
- Stand one half of the cooled cake vertically on its base. Using a serrated knife, level the flat side of the cake by trimming off 1/8 to 1/4 inch from the edge. Repeat with the other cake half.
- Using an offset spatula, spread a thin layer of buttercream, about 1/2 cup, on the cut side of one of the cake halves. Place the cut side of the other cake half against the frosted side and gently press to secure the two halves; using the spatula, smooth the buttercream at the seam.
- Using a large spatula, carefully transfer the cake to a serving platter. Drizzle with the royal icing, making sure to cover the frosted seams of the beehive. Decorate with sugar honeybees.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 840, Fat 32.6, SaturatedFat 19.6, Cholesterol 185.4, Sodium 358.2, Carbohydrate 131.9, Fiber 1.3, Sugar 96.5, Protein 8.8
HONEY-LEMON BEEHIVE CAKE
Adorned with edible honeybees and layered to perfection, this buzz worthy cake is downright adorable for any occasion.
Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Dessert
Time 4h20m
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 2 (8-inch) round pans and 1 ovenproof glass bowl (8 inches across top). In medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside.
- In large bowl, beat 2 cups butter with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy. Beat in 4 cups powdered sugar until blended. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with milk, beating well on low speed after each addition. Beat on low speed 1 minute. Stir in lemon peel, lemon juice and zucchini. Spoon into pans.
- Bake round cake pans 38 to 42 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Bake bowl cake 45 to 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans and bowl 10 minutes; remove from pans and bowls to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 2 hours.
- In large bowl, beat 2 cups butter on medium speed until creamy. Beat in 8 cups powdered sugar on low speed, 1 cup at a time, until creamy. Beat in honey and cream until creamy. Add yellow food color until desired shade.
- Place 1 cake layer, top side up, on cake plate. Spread 1/2 cup of the frosting over top. Top with second layer, top side down. Spread 1/2 cup of the frosting over the second layer. Top with bowl-shaped cake, round side up. Thinly frost side and top of cake with additional frosting to seal in crumbs. Fill decorating bag fitted with 5/8-inch tube tip with remaining frosting. Pipe frosting in stripes around cake.
- To make edible bees, in small microwavable bowl, melt candy melts on high for 45 seconds, stirring every 15 seconds or until melted. Transfer to resealable food-storage plastic bag. Cut a tiny corner off bag. Drizzle chewy chocolate candies with the melted yellow candy to make stripes. Tip chewy chocolate candies upright on one short end. Squeeze a small amount of yellow candy on the end of the chewy chocolate candy, and top with a yellow chocolate covered candy for the bee's head. Let set 3 to 4 minutes. With the remaining melted yellow candy, attach 2 almond slices on both sides of the chewy chocolate candies, making the wings. Repeat with remaining almonds. Garnish cake with edible bees.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 710, Carbohydrate 94 g, Cholesterol 150 mg, Fat 6 1/2, Fiber 1 g, Protein 6 g, SaturatedFat 21 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 420 mg, Sugar 69 g, TransFat 1 1/2 g
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