Ancient Egyptian Honey Cakes Anyone?

For school this year we are studying World History. Right now we are just finishing the time period of the Egyptians. Our Sonlight Curriculum uses Historical Fiction to supplement their text book. One of the main characters couldn't wait to have Honey Cakes at the major Festival to celebrate the flooding of the Nile. Keep in mind his main diet included raw onions, lentils and bread. We read that they only used honey to sweeten things. In the Sonlight Cooks cookbook there was a recipe so we thought we would try it out. Usually, when cooking, I only let one of them help at a time because it can be crazy but this time I just supervised. The kids each did their part.
Travis, the organizer, is telling Cody which ones to dip in the Honey Syrup. The ones in the front were still hot.

Travis is stirring the honey syrup.

Meleah is taking pictures.

Cody is doing the measuring. A good lesson in fractions.

Travis decides he would rather read the directions than measure. Some of the words were unfamiliar. "Mom, we need grat-ed clawv-es." Grated cloves.


The finished product.

Ancient Honey Cakes.

I have a whole container of them. They are sickeningly sweet. Bob could only eat half of one. The kids liked them. They were kind of like a sweet granola bar dipped in cinnamon honey syrup. It was fun to make them. The kids did a great job, even cleaned up-being directed by mom. They can help in the kitchen without ending up with a mess all over the place.