Honey Cake with Almonds

OH SO Scrumptious and a lot better for you.

Ingredients:
140g butter, softened slightly
1 cup of honey
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
4 eggs
3/4 cup plain yoghurt.
1 cup plain flour
1 cup wholemeal/wholewheat flour
1/2 cup ground almonds/ almond meal
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
30 - 30 g slivered almonds
A little maple syrup.

 1. Grease and line a 21cm ( 8 inches) x 6cm ring tin
 2. Cream butter, honey and essence until light and creamy.

3. Beat in eggs one at a time, add 2 Tablespoons of the flour with each egg to avoid the mix curdling.
if it does, it won't matter.
4. Beat in the yoghurt.
5. Sift the rest of the flours  and the baking powder and soda into a big bowl, add the almond meal and the bran from the sifter.
6. Fold the mix and the flour gently together
7. Spoon mix into the tin
8. Scatter the almonds over the top.

Have the oven already heated to 180C/350F.
Bake for 45minutes, test with a bamboo kebab stick or a toothpick

While still warm drizzle with a little maple syrup as a glaze if you like.

 Unable to wait until it cooled!

     Serve with maple syrup marbled Greek unsweetened yoghurt. And coffee!

      This cake is moist and tender and also goes well with a cuppa.