Pan Di Spezie (Small Spiced Cakes or 1 Loaf)

• 250 g flour
• 125 g sugar
• 125 g honey
• 200 ml milk
• 1 teaspoon anise seed, ground
• 14 teaspoon cinnamon
• 14 teaspoon nutmeg
• 14 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1 pinch salt

1. preheat oven to 180C and grease a loaf pan or some miniture muffin pan.
2. heat the milk in a pan and dissolve the honey.
3. sieve the flour into a bowl with the spices and a pinch of salt.
4. make a well in the centre of the flour and place the sugar, then add the milk slowly, mixing for about ten minutes until you have a very liquidy mixture.
5. Add the sieved bicarbonate and mix.
6. bake for 45min-1 hour in the lowest shelf of the oven until a skewer comes out clean.
7. small cakes will take about 10 minutes.
8. Cool completely before turning out.
9. This cake tastes better after a few days, closed in a plastic container it will keep for up to 15 days.

flour, sugar, honey, milk, anise, cinnamon, nutmeg, black pepper, bicarbonate of soda, salt

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/pan-di-spezie-small-spiced-cakes-or-1-loaf-371988 (may not work)