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Strawberry Rum Cake

Ingredients

  • 2 eggs
  • 3/4 cup liquid honey
  • 2 tsp rum extract
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 cup melted butter
  • 1 1/2 cups spelt flour
  • 1 cup white flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • pinch salt

For sweetening strawberries:

  • 2 tbsp liquid honey
  • 1 lemon
  • 2 1/2 cups strawberries

Instructions

  • To sweeten the strawberries, take the 2 1/2 cups of strawberries and put them in a bowl.  Mix them with the 2 tbsp of honey and the juice of one lemon.  Cover and place in the fridge for at least two hours, or overnight.
  • Preheat the oven to 350 F.   Grease a spring form cake pan.
  • Crack two eggs in a bowl and beat.  Add in the honey, rum extract, vanilla extract and melted butter and stir well.
  • Add in the spelt flour, the white flour, the baking powder, and the salt.  Stir until completely mixed.
  • Add in the strawberry mixture.  Fold into the batter just until mixed.  Do not overmix.
  • Bake for 50-60 minutes depending on your oven.  It is done when you can insert a toothpick in the cake and it comes out clean.