Bees & Honey

Please Note: All jars to be 454g/1lb jars with plain lacquered metal lids.

Please Note: All jars to be 454g/1lb jars with plain lacquered metal lids.

Please Note: All jars to be 454g/1lb jars with plain lacquered metal lids.

Please Note: All jars to be 454g/1lb jars with plain lacquered metal lids.

Five Honey Flapjacks (about 175g/8oz)
Ingredients:
225g/8oz butter
175g/6oz sugar
1 tablespoon honey
350/12oz oats

Method: Melt together butter, sugar and honey. Remove from heat. Stir in the oats, then smooth in a flat tin approximately 9''x 13''. Place in a moderate oven for approximately 20 minutes. Allow to cool slightly and cut into squares.

Honey fruit cake recipe
Ingredients:
200g/7oz self raising flour
110g/4oz butter
175g/6oz honey
175g/6oz sultanas
2 eggs
110/4oz glace cherries halved

Method: Preheat oven to 180/gas mark 4. Cream butter and honey together. Beat eggs well and add them alternately with sifted flour, then fold in sultanas and cherries. A little milk may be added if necessary. Bake in a buttered circular tin 7''/18cm for approximately one & a half hours. To be displayed on a white paper plate covered with a clear plastic bag.

Honey and Earl Grey Tea bread
Ingredients:
550ml Strong Earl Grey Tea
400g dried fruit
2 beaten eggs
150g + 2tbsp Honey
400g Wholemeal spelt (or wheat) flour
1.5tsp Bicarbonate of soda

Method: Make the strong tea by using 4 earl grey tea bags in 600ml of boiling water. Soak the fruit overnight in the tea. Preheat the oven to 190/fan 170. Line a 2lb loaf tin 10x20 cm. Stir the honey and eggs into the soaked fruit. Sift the flour and bicarb and add to the fruit mixture. Quickly fold everything together and scrape the mixture into the prepared tin, level the top. Bake for 75-80 minutes until a skewer comes out clean. After 45 minutes cover the top with foil to prevent burning. When the loaf is almost cooked brush the top with runny or slightly warmed honey. Return to the oven for a further 5 to 10 minutes of cooking. Leave to cool. Display on a white paper plate covered with a clear plastic bag.

15cm x 10cm mounted on card and labelled in the centre bottom of the mount. The class number to be attached top right and titled.