Babcya's Medivnik - Honey Cake

1 to 36 depending on slice size

All the grandchildren loved to visit Babcya and eat her delicious medivnik. They would eat it plain or with butter and always drink milk with it. They would sit on stools at the kitchen counter with the 1960s white formica, eat their medivnik, and talk with Babcya and Dziadzo if he was at home. Babchya always encouraged them to eat more medivnik and drink more milk! She would especially encourage George, Kolia, and Nadia because Babcya always felt they were too skinny.

Ingredients

Directions

1. Prepare honey by bringing to boiling point and set aside to cool.
2. Prepare coffee by dissolving 3 to 4 teaspoons of instant coffee in boiling water and set aside to cool.
3. Grease and sprinkle lightly with flour 2 bread loaf pans and set aside.
4. Set oven to 280 degrees.
5. Beat eggs with sugar until lemon color. Then stir in until blended all the other ingredients except the nuts.
6. When blended, mix up well.
7. Stir in nuts and pour into loaf pans and bake at 280 degrees for one hour.
8. Test with toothpick in middle of each loaf. Ready when toothpick comes out clean.
9. If it shows raw batter on it, bake longer in ten minute increments and test each time until done.
10. Remove from oven and let stand in pans on rack for 10 minutes.
11. Then using a knife, run it around the sides of the pan to separate the medivnik from the pan.
12. Using oven mittens, flip pan upside down over one of your palms and give the bottom of the pan a good pound to release the medivnik onto your palm.
13. Then flip the medivnik right side up and place on a rack to cool.
14. Enjoy.  Smachnoho!