Can I substitute granulated sugar in a cake recipe with honey? I told you it was crazy. A young lady at church is on a sugar fast. She isn't eating procesed sugar, only natural sugars like honey? If I can't sub. Does anyone have a recipe for a dessert using natural sugars? I need it for Sunday June 24. Thanks
try doing a google search for honey recipes. I know honey cake is wonderful. here is one search result
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/honey-cake-ii/detail.aspx
Here are a few links:
National Honey Board Recipes:
http://www.honey.com/consumers/recipes/results.asp?Category=Baked%20Goods
The Honey Association recipes:
http://www.honeyassociation.com/recepies2.htm
about.com honey recipes:
http://homecooking.about.com/library/archive/blmisc56.htm
Golden Blossom Honey recipes:
http://www.goldenblossomhoney.com/searchrecipes.asp
HTH
-Rezzy
I'm sure you'll be able to find a great recipe on one of these links. Personally I would go with the path of least experimentation and use Sugar in the Raw (available generically in bulk as turbinado sugar.) It subs 1:1 for white sugar, with only a slight molasses flavor.
To answer your original question, though, yes, you can substitute honey for sugar, with some caveats.
"honey and maple syrup add moisture to a recipe, which can upset the texture of what youre making. Honey adds acid to a recipe, which you might have to neutralize with the addition of a pinch of baking soda. And honey can cause baked foods to brown more quickly.
To use honey in place of sugar, use 7/8 cup for every cup of sugar, and reduce the liquid in the recipe by 3 tablespoons." (courtesy of ochef.com )
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