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Just because you’re aiming to cut calories doesn’t mean that you necessarily have to forgo baked treats! Here is a fantastic low calorie honey spiced cake recipe that is perfect for a cake lover like myself wanting to please the taste buds.

So far I’ve made it twice and both times the cake was demolished in a blink of an eye.The moreish cake is best served with a cup of tea or coffee over morning tea. I promise this will be a hit among friends and co-workers.. If you can bare sharing that is

Ingredients

Sponge:

• 2 eggs *preferably free range
• ¾ cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda 
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 1 tablespoon liquid honey
• 100 gms butter
• 2 cups flour

Frosting:

• 750 gms lite sour cream
• ½ cup sugar
• 2 tablespoon honey
• 200 gms crushed digestive biscuits
• 1/2 cup chopped Brazil nuts *feel free to substitute with any other nuts you may prefer

Directions

Sponge:

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees C
2. In a large bowl beat together butter, sugar,spice eggs,and warm honey until smooth.
3. Stir in the flour, baking soda and continue to beat the ingredients together for two minutes until well blended.
4. Separate the batter into halves and add mixture into two lightly oiled cake tins.
5. Bake for 18-25 minutes, or until cake skew test clean.
6. Once cooled, remove from cake tin and cut the sponge into 2-3 layers horizontally.

1. Beat sour cream, sugar and honey until the sugar dissolves-the mixture will still be fairly liquid.
2. Coat each layer of sponge with a generous layer of cream; assemble the cake, coat the sides with cream and sprinkle top and sides with crumbs and chopped Brazil nuts. Allow to set at least 4-6 hours before serving.