Cerberus' Honey Cakes | 2000 Year Old Recipe, Myth and History

Support the channel through Ko-fi: Ancient Roman Honey Cakes/Aliter Dulcia (Another Sweet) • 1 tsp cinnamon • ¼ cup almonds, chopped • ¼ tsp ground rosemary or rue • 1 cup Spelt flour • ¾ tsp instant dried yeast or 1 tsp baking powder • 2 Tbsp sweet raisin wine or passum • 1 egg • 2 Tbsp honey (and ½ Tbsp more to feed the yeast) • 6 Tbsp milk Garnish: • Honey • hazelnuts or filberts, chopped Maza (honeyed barley cakes, I don't recommend this) • 1 cup barley flour • ½ cup water • 3 tbsp clear honey • 2 tbsp olive oil Sources* Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome The Burial Customs of the Ancient Greeks, by Frank Pierrepont Graves Medical Compendium in Seven Books (7nd Century AD), Paulus Aegineta