Homemade Pain d'Épice
Homemade French spice cake with candied orange peel, a festive Christmas treat.
Ingredients
fir honey or chestnut honey
300 g
whole wheat flour
250 g
almond flour
50 g
milk
100 ml
egg
1
butter (for greasing the mold)
20 g
yeast
1 sachet
spice mix (pain d'épice spice powder; can substitute with cinnamon, cloves, ginger, anise powder)
1 tbsp
candied orange peel (cut into small dice)
40 g
Instructions
1
Heat the liquids
Heat the milk and honey over low heat, and remove from heat as soon as it comes to the first boil.
2
Mix the dry ingredients
Combine the flour and yeast in a large bowl. Add the almond flour, spices, and diced candied orange peel, mix thoroughly, then make a well in the center.
3
Combine the batter
Gradually pour in the warm milk-honey mixture while stirring. Finally add the egg and mix until smooth.
4
Bake
Grease a rectangular baking mold and pour in the batter. Bake at 170°C for about 50 minutes.