Ostara Honey Cakes recipe
Ingredients
1/2 cup Riesling wine (German white wine)
1 egg
2/3 cup flour
1 cup honey
2 tbs sugar
1/8 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp nutmeg
Dash of salt
Directions
Beat the egg together with the wine. In another mixing bowl, sift together the flour, cinnamon, sugar and salt. Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture. Stir until blended through. Let sit for 30 minutes. In another small bowl, mix the honey and nutmeg. In a skillet, heat up about a 1/2 inch of oil. Drop a tablespoon of batter into the oil and fry until golden brown. Drain off the oil, and dip into the honey mixture.
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Hi
I see a lot of Ostara recipes whether they are food, incense or oils have nutmeg in them. What does nutmeg represent or do?
Hi August,
I personally think of nutmeg as a more Samhain or Yule-type spice with my cloves and my cinnamon. I had to do a little research. In various Sabbat books that I have, one does have a bit of nutmeg in the food recipes because they’re egg recipes, including a recipe for good old fashioned egg-nog under the Ostara section.
As for incense, Scott Cunningham published The Complete Book of Incense, Oils & Brews back in 1989 (he passed away in 1993. He uses nutmeg in his incense for Ostara without an explanation of why. A quick google search for Ostara incense recipes…wow! Four out of the first six links had Scott’s recipe, and 2 of those didn’t even give him (or his book) credit.
I can tell you the the magical properties of nutmeg include luck, money, health and fidelity. Maybe that’s why some people use it?
Thank you for the thought-provoking question, August!