Folksy Friday - Teen Movie

1. Pretty in Pink - Stripe Panelled Dress by Suzanne Porter Boutique 2. The Breakfast Club - Boxed Sushi Set by Treaclezoo 3. Weird Science - Geek Greetings Card by Simple Kid Industries 4. Sixteen Candles - Muffin Candles by Lady Pirates 5. Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Life Moves Pretty Fast Original Framed Artwork by Wall Envy Art 6. Uncle Buck - Mini Stag Silhouette Pin by Lost At Sea

Theme inspired by John Hughes 80's teen movies. I regularly listen to BBC Radio 6 and today on Lauren Lavernes show, she played "Danke Schoen" by Wayne Newton, from the iconic parade scene in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. I don't think I'd ever heard the song except in the film, and FBDO is one of my favourites so it was a treat to hear it!

So that sparked off todays theme. I chose six Hughes movies and tried to find Folksy items to link to them. For some of the items the link may be a bit tenuous!

The Honey Cake Monster

That's me. I discovered this ridiculously simple honey cake recipe last summer and have made about a million since then. It's so bloody delicious I thought I'd share it.

Ingredients: Makes one 20 cm / 8 in cake

100 g/4 oz butter or margarine, softened
25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp caster (superfine) sugar
60 ml/4 tbsp clear honey
2 eggs, lightly beaten
175 g/6 oz/1 cups self-raising (self-rising) flour
2.5 ml/0.5 tsp baking powder
5 ml/1 tsp ground cinnamon
15 ml/1 tbsp water

Method:

Beat together all the ingredients until you have a soft dropping consistency. Spoon into a greased and lined 20 cm/8 in cake tin (pan) and bake in a preheated oven at 190°C/375°F/gas mark 5 for 30 minutes until well risen and springy to the touch.

The original recipe can be found here, but I've adapted it slightly by adding nuts for decoration (in these photos it's chopped almonds but more recently I've used pecans - yum). I've also noticed that using margarine is far better than butter, as the latter tends to give the cake a gravity complex. I personally use Flora Light seed oil, which is very tasty.

Enjoy!