{"id":5323,"slug":"honey-cake","title":"Honey cake","description":"From The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book (1919) by Victor Hirtzler.","ingredients_raw":["one-half pound of honey","seven ounces of brown sugar","one pony of water","one-half teaspoonful of soda","six ounces of finely-chopped almonds","one pinch of cloves and allspice","three-quarters of a pound of flour","two ounces of lemon and orange peel chopped fine"],"ingredients_norm":["honey","brown sugar","pony of water","soda","almond","and allspice","quarters of pound of flour","lemon and orange peel chopped fine"],"steps":["Boil the sugar, honey and water.","Take off the fire and allow to cool to blood heat.","Mix in the flour, spices, and the soda dissolved in a little water.","Add the almonds and the peel.","Roll out about one-half inch thick, and cut in small cakes about one inch by three.","Bake in a moderate oven.","When done glacé with a very thin icing."],"categories":[],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":null,"source_name":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39550","source_ref":"pg:39550:w68:8","authors_url":null,"license":"Public domain (US)","license_url":null,"extraction_confidence":0.95,"content_hash":"a10190282f59634f671debd97136e99253e9580a6f9b9ec795edd379dedc498b","created_at":"2026-08-02T16:42:55Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:32Z","notice":"Historical recipe (1919), reproduced as published: it may reflect its era's ingredients, language, and food-safety practices. Apply modern judgment on cooking temperatures and preservation.","url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/honey-cake"}