Brown Butter
Honey Cake

Method

1. 01
   Preheat oven

   Preheat your oven to 170°C fan. Grease a 20 cm round cake tin and line the base with baking paper.

2. 02
   Brown the butter

   Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat, swirling occasionally, until it turns golden and smells nutty. Pour into a large bowl and leave to cool for 5 minutes.

3. 03
   Mix wet ingredients

   Whisk the honey and caster sugar into the brown butter, then beat in the eggs one at a time. Stir in the milk and vanilla extract.

4. 04
   Add dry ingredients

   Sift in the flour, baking powder and salt. Fold until just combined — a few streaks of flour are fine.

5. 05
   Bake

   Pour the batter into the tin and bake for 30–35 minutes, until golden and a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.

6. 06
   Cool & serve

   Leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack. Serve with a spoonful of crème fraîche and a drizzle of honey.

Notes