Byzantine Spice Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup canola oil
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 cup greek yogurt, plain (or sour cream)
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground mace
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup honey

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f grease a 9 x 13 inch baking pan.
• 2 beat oil and sugar together. add eggs and half of the yogurt. mix well.
• 3 mix baking soda into orange juice and add to batter.
• 4 sift dry ingredients together and add to oil mixture. stir in remaining yogurt and mix well.
• 5 pour into prepared pan and bake 45 minutes. remove from oven and cool.
• 6 for topping, boil all topping ingredients for about 15 minutes, covering pan the last 5 minutes (reduce heat if needed to keep it from boiling over).
• 7 pour hot syrup over the cake. let soak in and cut into squares to serve.