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Ingredients
2/3 cups dark honey
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
1 cup cream or milk
1/2 cup butter
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp anise seed, crushed
1/4 tsp coriander ground
1/4 tsp cardamom ground
pinch nutmeg
pinch cloves
pinch salt
Grated zest of 1 orange
1 x egg, lightly beaten

Method
Great addition to the Christmas table or to slice up and gift up nicely

Put the honey, sugar, milk, and butter in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Sift the dry ingredients and stir in the zest. Make a well in the dry ingredients.
Put the egg in the well, and whisk in the honey and milk mixture, gradually drawing in the dry ingredients to make a batter. Pour into a greased and floured loaf pan and bake at 350°F/175°C until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean, 50 minutes.
Cool. Wrap in plastic, and store a few days before serving (the few days of sitting gives the honey flavour time to mature, and the cake tastes even better).