Oven Temperature: 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

Mix eggs with sugar. Add remaining ingredients in the following order: oil, honey, soda, cloves, cocoa and flour. Lastly, add boiling water. Bake for 1-1 1/4 hours.

Add one of the variations, if desired.

all year round. 2. I like this honey cake better than any other that I have tasted. It is a wonderfully aromatic and deliciously moist cake, keeps very well (provided it is stored in an air-tight cake tin) - if it lasts long enough to be stored! It is remarkably easy to make. If I can make it, so can anyone! 3. I have never tried the variations because I like it just as it comes. 4. From "The Australian Jewish Cook Book: I love to eat Jewish, " published by the Mothers Book Committee of the Bialik College Parents Association, Hawthorn, Victoria, p. 72.