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The Buzz about Baking with Honey this Christmas

There is no greater joy than baking and enjoying sweet treats during the festive season. Want to make your baking even better? Swap out refined sugar for honey and you’ll be a star baker this Christmas!

Whether it’s a spiced gingerbread, crunchy pavlova or a decadent cheesecake, baking is a given during this time of year, and it’s natural to want to impress your loved ones!

 

By adding moisture, texture, and lovely caramel notes – it allows you to bake the best of the best desserts without compromising on taste.
Honey is sweeter than sugar so it’s not always a straightforward swap. Used incorrectly – your final dessert could be too sweet (or come out of the oven with the wrong texture). Fortunately, our golden tips below for baking with honey will help you conquer this festive season!
Baking with Honey Conversion Guide

Baking Recipe Tips

Cakes, biscuits, brownies: Great for swapping for sugar in bakes made with oil rather than butter as well as moist, chewy brownies.

Sponge & butter cakes, meringues, or crisp biscuits: These recipes rely on alteration to create the best result. As honey contains more water than table sugar, stick to the original recipe as much as you can for the best outcome!

Creamy desserts: For cream-based desserts such as cheesecake, panna cotta, puddings, or Crème Brûlée – honey is ideal as it only requires a little extra egg, gelatine, or starch to balance the flavour and liquid. Swapping sugar with honey is super simple in jellies, crumbles, poached or roasted fruits and self-saucing puddings.

Capilano Honey Gingerbread

  • SKILL LEVEL

    Easy

  • PREP TIME

    1 hour & 20 mins

  • COOKING TIME

    10 mins

  • SERVINGS

    20

Christmas baking is an unmissable yearly tradition for so many families. Here is our super-simple but deliciously classic gingerbread recipe. Made with the sweet addition of honey.

Honey Curd Pavlovas with Pistachio & Blueberries

  • SKILL LEVEL

    Medium

  • PREP TIME

    20 mins

  • COOKING TIME

    30 mins

  • SERVINGS

    6

Thinking Christmas classics? Look no further than Capilano Pavlovas. From the crumbly crust and a gooey honey-curd filled centre… to the addition of blueberries and pistachios. This one has all the fresh and festive flavours to impress a hungry table!

Salted Honey Gingernut Cheesecake

  • SKILL LEVEL

    Medium

  • PREP TIME

    20 mins

  • COOKING TIME

    40 mins + Cooling time

  • SERVINGS

    10-12

Gingernut and cheesecake, are two Christmas classics that ignite nostalgia at Christmas. What could be better than combing these two to form a silky and creamy cheesecake? Balanced with salted honey and a gingernut crust for a crowd-pleasing dessert.

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