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Day 3 of Giveaways and Honey Pound Cake

overhead photo of a Honey Pound Cake

Welcome to Day 3 of the 12 Days of giveaways. If you haven’t yet visited, I invite you to enter for a chance to win Day 1 and Day2!

In honor of the third giveaway, I made this honey pound cake. This cake is moist, tender and has the lovely undertones of honey. Yum. I used the Nordicware Heritage Bundt Pan* to bake it because it’s one of my favorite pans. Everything comes out looking so elegant when it’s baked in this pan.

photo of a slice of honey pound cake

So why a honey pound cake? Because Day 3 of giveaways is a gift from Royal Hawaii Honey!

On the third day of giveaways, Kirbie’s Cravings gave to me…
Raw Lehua Honey!

(Note: though not part of the Day 3 giveaway, here is the rest of the giveaways for purposes of completing the song, which goes to the tune of the 12 days of Christmas)

  • five chocolate bars (Day 2)
  • and $25 to Oh! Nuts (Day 1)

I first tasted Royal Hawaii Honey at the Foodbuzz Festival Tasting Pavilion. I love honey so when I saw their sign, I made a quick beeline for their booth. Royal Hawaii Honey offers three flavors of raw, organic honey that is harvested in Hawaii. How cool is that? Tropical Traders distributes the honey from Oakland, CA.
overhead photo of a spoon dipping into a jar of honey
I love raw honey because it is so versatile. It’s easy to spread, melt, bake with, or to eat by the spoonful.  (No more squeezing to death the honey bear to get drops of honey out.) I had no idea the depth of honey until I sampled Royal Hawaii honey. It’s not just regular ol’ honey. Instead, Royal Hawaii offers three different flavors of honey: Macadamia Nut Blossom, Christmas Berry, and Lehua. Tasting the different honey flavors was like wine tasting, with all the different flavors swirling in my mouth. My favorite honey was the Lehua Honey, which is only offered for a limited three months every year. The honey is a light golden color, and has overtones of butterscotch.

There’s a couple of things that make Royal Hawaii honey stand out: it comes from Hawaii.; it is certified organic and it is 100% raw. This means that all the nutrients and benefits of honey remain since the honey has not been heated or processed, like a lot of the honey forms sold at supermarkets.

I contacted Royal Hawaii Honey to see if they would participate in my giveaway, and they generously offered to provide one lucky reader with a jar of raw, organic Lehua Honey.

I received a jar as well, and after excitedly eating a spoonful, I used some of the honey to make this honey pound cake.

Entering Day 3 of giveaways is easy. One lucky reader will be selected at random, through a number generated by random.org. Please note, this giveaway is limited to US readers. Contest ends at midnight, PST, December 15, 2010.

To enter, leave a comment at the end of this post telling me how you like to eat honey.  Eat it plain? On bread? In your tea? Etc.

For an additional entry:

Follow me on twitter (if you don’t already) and tweet the following message:

“Win Royal Hawaii Lehua Honey https://bit.ly/ffry6j @kirbiecravings”

Good luck!  And remember, you can still enter the following giveaways:

Day 2: Ghiradelli chocolate bars
Day 1: Gift certificate to Oh! Nuts

You might like my Honey Cloud Cake, too!

*Some of the links contained in this post are affiliate links. Much like referral codes, this means I earn a small commission if you purchase a product I referred (at no extra charge to you).

Honey Pound Cake

Servings: 1 cake
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
This cake is moist, tender and has the lovely undertones of honey.

Ingredients

  • 3 cups cake flour
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter softened
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 6 eggs
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • 3 1/2 tsbp honey if you are using raw honey, heat up the honey and melt it before adding to the batter

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 325ºF. Spray a 10 to 12 cup Bundt baking pan with nonstick baking spray containing flour.
  • Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
  • In large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. 
  • Add half the flour mixture and mix on low speed. Then add in the sour cream, honey and vanilla extract and mix again. Finally, add in the rest of the flour and mix until everything is just blended. 
  • Pour the batter into the prepared pan and spread evenly. Bake for 65-75 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Dust with confectioner's sugar before serving.

Notes

Recipe adapted from Sweet Kat's Kitchen

The nutrition information provided are only estimates based on an online nutritional calculator. I am not a certified nutritionist. Please consult a professional nutritionist or doctor for accurate information and any dietary restrictions and concerns you may have.

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62 comments on “Day 3 of Giveaways and Honey Pound Cake”

  1. I love honey on my fresh apples with cinnamon

  2. I’ll definitely have to try this one. I’m glad to find recipes that specifically call for raw honey. It’s so much better and infinitely more adaptable than the traditional, mass made stuff.

  3. Hi
    Thanks for beautiful cake.
    Can I please help us get this cake mold where I prepare?
    Grateful

  4. Honey Green Milk Tea

  5. With hot water & cinnamon! 🙂

  6. I like honey in tea, ice cream, cookies, candy, chocolate, w/peanut butter sandwiches and basically any dessert.

  7. hi kirbie – i like to eat honey with pb sandwiches

  8. I love honey in oatmeal, tea, even cereal! But recently, my go-to snack has been spreading almond butter on a piece of toast and drizzling it with generous amounts of honey! It’s beyond delicious!

  9. Favorite drink: honey, lemon juice, and a bit of ginger mixed together in hot water. The perfect thing to warm you up in the winter, or soothe your throat when you’re sick. Favorite food: toasted english muffin with butter and honey.

  10. I love honey, peanut butter, and cinnamon sandwiches, so delicious!

  11. I always put honey in my tea on a daily basis, but I also LOVE honey in a sweet salad vinaigrette. Beautiful cake by the way!

  12. I love nordicware, pound cake, and honey! I made a gingerbread cake in the bavarian nordicware pan last night.

    we eat a lot of honey. After having so many allergy problems, we eat a lot of local honey and have noticed a change in our allergies.

    We like honey on hot biscuits and I use it in a lot of recipes. It is the perfect sweetener.

  13. Hey Kirbie! I love this cake, looks absolutely gorgeous! And I would love to win this giveaway cuz I like honey on everything, my tea, cereal and of course on my toasts 🙂 And honey’s the best salad dressing!!! What say?

  14. Honey is tied with cranberries as my favorite ingredient.
    I have it with lemon and hot water, in tea, mixed with butter or peanut butter, in cookie recipes…and of course, straight off the spoon. I remember once I was even inspired to make honeyed wine after I read the Odyssey again.
    I have three roommates, and they are all amazed and a little appalled at the amount of honey I go through in a month (I have four different local raw varieties right now). I also love trying different kinds of honey, so I’d love the chance to try some from Hawaii! At any rate, I can’t wait to try your recipe. Thanks!

  15. i just like honey on bread

  16. On a piece of toast with cream cheese and a little bit of salt.
    Another favorite is with bananas!

    I’ve never had raw honey, but it looks super tasty!

  17. Absolutely love how delicious this cake looks, I’m going to have to try this recipe! As for honey… I love to put honey on cornbread!

  18. I love honey and butter on whole wheat toast or cornbread.

  19. in a peanut butter and honey sandwich!

  20. I like to stir in honey into my breakfast oats! And marinating chicken wings!

  21. Honey and butter on cornbread

  22. Honey in NACHOS so delicious!

  23. I like honey in my tea or coffee.

  24. I like having my honey on toasted English muffins. Peanut butter, honey, and banana sandwiches are also delicious, though!

  25. I mix up honey and peanut butter and eat is as apple dip!

  26. I LOVE the look of this cake! I need to write that down for my wishlist! I like honey in my tea, with toast in the morning along with some raisins and Nutella. I also use honey drizzled on top of Greek yogurt with cranberries and granola to boot.

  27. I love honey with fried nuggets!

  28. Mixed with water

  29. I always drink honeyed green tea every morning before breakfast!

  30. on warm cornbread with a bowl of chili!

  31. Well, I’d love to try some honey in this bundt cake, but I do like putting honey in hot tea, or even just hot water.

  32. this honey looks so delicious!

  33. I drink honey in my green tea every morning. It tastes so much better than sugar 🙂 The cake looks beautiful!

  34. i love my honey on bread with some nice aged cheese!

  35. Your honey beer bread recipe is great way to use Honey!

  36. I love this bundt pan! Probably my favorite 😉

  37. hi! yes, i hope to win this one too. I’m selfish that way. but i’m asian, so isn’t that a given? 😉

  38. That raw honey looks so delicious – I don’t think I have ever had raw honey before!

    We like to eat honey a few ways around here – on toast, in our tea, but my favorite is drizzled and stirred into some Greek yogurt. So good!

    Thanks for the chance to win.

  39. Tea, toast, peanut butter/honey/and whatever else sandwiches….I love honey!

  40. I like it on a biscuit with some butter!

  41. I love honey straight on a spoon!

  42. I love to add honey to my bbq sauce then bbq ribs with it!

  43. I just wanted to say I love your bundt pans. Honey – I like it in my tea.

  44. I love using honey in marinades, and I actually like it in coffee, too!!

  45. Toast, with peanut butter and honey!

  46. I like to put honey in my tea.

  47. I must make that bundt cake!
    Whenever I have a sore throat, my mom always makes me a cup of hot water with preserved lemons and honey. It’s so good and effective! My favorite way of using honey though is adding it into bread recipes so there’s a subtle sweetness to it.

  48. I love to put honey in steeped ginger water, especially on cold days.

  49. I like eating honey just plain.

  50. I like honey on my muffins

  51. I love honey with butter on bread. YUM

  52. I love it plain

  53. I love honey in my tea, and also on peanut butter toast. Good honey I’ll eat by the spoonful, but I’ve never thought to bake with it!

  54. I’ve never tried raw honey, and this one sounds very yummy! I usually just put honey in tea.

  55. I love honey over peanut butter on a slice of whole grain bread!

  56. I love adding honey to oatmeal–it’s a great natural sweetener!

  57. Honey on a hot biscuit 🙂

  58. what an elegant bundt pan! looks like some modern architecture 😀

  59. I love drinking honeyed water. The subtle taste is delicious. 😛

  60. I use honey in one of my favorite cocktails along with soymilk, cinnamon, and peach schnapps. It tastes much better than it sounds–I promise!