Honey Whole Wheat Chocolate Cake and Frosting

[shoshana]

Chocolate Cake and Frosting

Cake:
1/2 cup butter
2/3 cup honey
2 eggs
1 banana, mashed
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup water
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1/3 cup cocoa or carob powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon sea salt

Frosting:
1/4 cup butter
1/3 cup honey
1 cup dry milk powder
1/4 cup cocoa or carob powder
1/4 cup water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350* F. Grease and flour an 8 inch square pan. Sift together the flour, 1/3 cup cocoa, baking soda and salt. Set aside.

In a large bowl, cream together the 1/2 cup butter and 2/3 cups of honey until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the banana and vanilla. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the 3/4 cup water. Pour batter into prepared pan.

Bake in the preheated oven for 35-40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.

To make the frosting: In a large bowl, cream 1/4 cup butter and 1/3 cup honey until smooth. Blend in the milk powder, cocoa, 1/4 cup water and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat until smooth and spread on cooled cake.

[benshelpmeet]

Dear sister Shoshana,

Thank you for sharing this recipe! Yummy!

[Andrea]

That recipe sounds so yummy.. I have a question.. can you find whole wheat pastry flour around the regular flour in the store? I am new to learning to cook more healthy .. I can't recall seeing this kind of flour near the regular white flour i always use.. Thanks..

[shoshana]

ruth34 said:

can you find whole wheat pastry flour around the regular flour in the store?

It would depend on the store. When I lived in a large city many of the big grocery stores carried "health food" items. Where I live now these kinds of things are hard to find except at a health food store and those are 90 minutes to 2 hours away. I order many things online.....amazon.com now sells groceries and have many health food items. I did not actually buy pastry flour. I had a friend that gave me a Y2K sealed 5 gallon bucket of soft white wheat berries that I ground.

[Andrea]

Thanks Sister.. I'll be on the lookout for it..