I was initially hesitant to call this Beorn’s Honey Cake at first; because, as you can see, I baked it in a loaf pan. And then when I was re-reading the recipe preparing to post it, I saw that this is, in fact, meant to be baked in a cake pan, not a loaf pan.
Luckily it has still turned out great everytime.
This is actually the dessert I baked last September 21st, for Bilbo and Frodo’s birthday. It is soooo yummy. I like it with butter, and it’s even delicious with extra honey on top.
P.S. Hi new followers! (waves dramatically) I love you already.
Beorn’s Honey Cake
Ingredients
6 tablespoons / 90 g butter 6 tablespoons / 90 mL honey ½ teaspoon / 2.5 mL vanilla extract 2 eggs 1 cup / 120 g flour 1 tsp / 4 g baking powder 2 tbs / 30 mL warm milk ¼ tsp / 1 g salt ¼ tsp / 1 g nutmeg
Directions
Cream the butter and honey together. Add vanilla. Beat in the eggs. Sift in the flour, baking soda, salt and nutmeg. Fold in the warm milk. Pour into a greased and lined pan (use a bread pan or a round cake pan; line with foil or parchment paper). Smooth the top.
Bake at 350 degrees F. for about 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
Let sit for 10 minutes, then loosen and turn out onto serving plate. Brush with 1 tablespoon warm honey. Serve warm or cooled.
I have stayed away from lembas recipes thus far. So many people have so many different recipes, and everyone just loves every single one. Why bother, ya know?
@theweirdsadhobbitofbagend sent me this recipe a while back and suggested I try it - and I am so glad I did! It’s flaky, it’s tender, and it’s soooo good. So if you need another lembas recipe to add to your collection, choose this one. Please.
Cinnamon Sugar Lembas (printable) makes about 10 servings
Ingredients
2 ½ cups of flour
1 tablespoon of baking powder
¼ teaspoon of salt
8 tablespoons of cold butter 1/3 cup of brown sugar
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
½ teaspoon maple syrup/honey
2/3 cup of milk/heavy cream (or more, if necessary)
½ teaspoon of vanilla
Directions
Preheat oven to 425 F/ 220 C. Mix the flour, baking powder and salt into a large bowl. Add the butter and mix with a fork or a pastry cutter until the mixture resembles fine granules. Add the sugar and cinnamon, and mix them thoroughly into the mixture. Add the milk/cream, vanilla and maple syrup/honey and stir them in with a fork until a nice, thick dough forms.
Roll the dough out about ½ in thickness. Cut out 3-inch squares and transfer the dough to a cookie sheet. Criss-cross (DO NOT cut all the way) each square from corner-to-corner with a knife. Sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar before baking, if desired. Bake for ~12 minutes or more (depending on the thickness of the bread) until it is set and lightly golden.
(can i just say how hard it is to take pictures of one’s own hand without using a wide angle lens? forgive my weird looking alien hand. i just wanted to prove that they were literally hand-sized pies ok)
It’s Eothiriel Week! (that’s Eomer/Lothiriel for you lightweights ;) It seemed appropriate to have a recipe for at least one of my two favorite people in Tolkien’s world. (I generally try to keep this blog JUST food. Middle Earth food. No gifsets, no personal stuff. Just…food. But when it comes to my OTP, all that is out the window. Though in my defense, this is still food.)
These apple hand pies are a specialty across the Riddermark, but nowhere are they made better than in Edoras.
One batch pie crust 2 apples, chopped (any variety will do) 3 tablespoons brown sugar 1 tablespoon cornstarch ½ teaspoon cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg ½ tablespoon lemon juice Egg wash (1 egg yolk beaten with 1 tablespoon of water)
Directions
Prepare pie crust according to directions. While it is chilling, prepare the apple filling by mixing together the apples, brown sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, nutmeg, and lemon juice. Put aside. Preheat oven to 375 F (190 C).
Roll out pie crust; cut into 3-4 in. diameter circles. Make sure you have an even number! Put a tablespoon of filling on half the circles; place the other halves on top and crimp edges with a form. Poke holes in the top. Transfer to baking sheet and bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.
i dont like how it looked back at me while it was shaking its ass
imagine Humans sending this on exploratory probes of distant planets and extraterrestrials making contact with this as their first introduction to our species
