About this Recipe The World’s Best Honey Cake, according to America’s Test Kitchen

Servings: 6 Preparation: 10 minutes Cook time: 45-55 minutes

Honey Cake

Ingredients: 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour A little more than 1/2 teaspoons salt 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 cup water 2 large eggs 1/8 cup plus 1 tablespoon unsweetened applesauce 1/8 cup vegetable oil 1/8 cup orange juice 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract Slightly less than 1 cups honey Glaze ½ cup confectioners’ sugar 2 ¼ teaspoons water ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions: 1. For the cake: Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 325 degrees. Heavily spray 12-cup nonstick Bundt pan with baking spray with flour. Whisk flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda together in large bowl. Whisk water, eggs, applesauce, oil, orange juice, and vanilla together in separate bowl until combined. Whisk honey into egg mixture until fully incorporated. 2. Whisk honey mixture into flour mixture until combined. Scrape batter into prepared pan. Bake until skewer inserted into middle of cake comes out clean, 45 to 55 minutes, rotating pan halfway through baking. 3. Let cake cool in pan on wire rack for 30 minutes. Using small spatula, loosen cake from sides of pan and invert onto rack. Let cool completely, about 2 hours. (Cooled cake can be wrapped with plastic wrap and stored at room temperature for up to 3 days.) 4. For the glaze: Whisk together all ingredients. Drizzle glaze evenly over top of cake. Let sit until glaze is firm, about 30 minutes. Serve.