Helga's New Year Honey Cake
Helga's New Year Honey Cake is a spiced bundt cake made with golden syrup, warm cinnamon, ginger and mixed spice. Baked low and slow for a moist crumb, this festive treat comes together quickly in the Thermomix, which blends the syrup batter evenly in seconds. A fragrant, sticky-sweet cake that fills the kitchen with New Year cheer.
About this recipe
Helga's New Year Honey Cake for the Thermomix TM7 is the festive spiced bundt you want on the table when the year turns: golden syrup, cinnamon, ground ginger and mixed spice baked into a sticky, tender crumb. Searching for honey cake recipes or a New Year dessert made in an all-in-one kitchen machine? This one delivers. Golden syrup is notoriously stubborn to blend by hand, clinging to spoons and leaving streaks through the batter, but the TM7 turns it into a silky, evenly sweetened mixture in seconds. The low-and-slow oven bake then develops that characteristic dense yet soft texture with caramel edges in every slice of the fluted tin. Serve thick wedges with tea after midnight, wrap a loaf for neighbours, or dust it with icing sugar for a sparkling party centrepiece. It keeps well for days, making it a practical make-ahead treat for busy holiday weeks.
Preparation tips
- Grease the fluted bundt tin thoroughly and dust with flour before adding the honey cake batter, as golden syrup cakes stick easily in every ridge and turning out a broken cake would spoil the festive presentation.
- Warm the golden syrup slightly in a water bath before adding it to the mixing bowl; it flows off the spoon far more easily and incorporates into the batter without streaks of concentrated sweetness.
- Store the cooled cake wrapped in baking paper and foil; the cinnamon and ginger spices actually deepen in flavour after a day, making it ideal to bake ahead of your New Year celebration.
- For a milder family version, halve the ground ginger and mixed spice so younger children can enjoy the honey cake's sweetness without too much warming heat.
Recipe variations
- Make it gluten-free by swapping the self raising flour for a gluten-free self raising blend, adding a spoonful of yoghurt to keep the honey cake crumb moist despite the missing gluten.
- For a festive winter variation, fold through chopped stem ginger and a handful of dark chocolate chunks, then drizzle the cooled bundt with a golden syrup glaze and flaked almonds.
Thermomix TM7 Benefits
- Precise mixing blends the stubborn golden syrup into a silky, lump-free honey cake batter in about thirty seconds. [Precision Control]
- The built-in weighing function measures the self raising flour to the gram directly in the bowl, ensuring a consistent crumb. [Built-in Scale]
- With the grinding function, the TM7 pulverises whole mixed spice and cinnamon into freshly aromatic powder for deeper flavour. [Multi-Function]
- Heating the sunflower oil and syrup gently in the bowl saves you a sticky saucepan and melts everything evenly for the batter. [Multi-Function]
- Thanks to guided cooking on the TM7 screen, every spiced honey cake step appears in order, so even nervous bakers get a moist result. [Guided Cooking]
Ingredients
- sunflower oil
- self-raising flour
- self-raising flour
- caster sugar
- mixed spice
- ground cinnamon
- ground ginger
- bicarbonate of soda
- fine sea salt
- golden syrup