I would like to know what the ingredients were, in the cake that the
goddess Isis offered to Osiris, in the Egyptian Myth? Or, what
offering cakes were often made of in ancient Egypt, if there is no
exact answer to the first question :)  THANK YOU!!! *

Hello Xusah. After looking for a while I can't come up with more on
the exact ingredients of these particular cakes except that they were
honey and flour cakes. I guess that makes sense since it is a myth and
not a cookbook. :-)

I did find the following recipe for honey cakes being make from sweet
wine cakes so I am sure that these are at least very similar to what
is intended in the myth:


SWEET WINE CAKES

430g flour

15ml sweet white wine

Pinch of cumin

Pinch of aniseed

50g animal fat

25g finely chopped cheese

1 beaten egg

12 bay leaves.

Add wine to flour, also the cumin and aniseed. Rub in the fat, cheese
and bind with the egg. Shape mixture into 12 small cakes and place
each one on a bay leave. Bake for about 25-30 minutes at 400F (200C,
Gas mark 6)


HONEY CAKES

These can be made from the above recipe using any left over sweet wine
cakes. Remove stale crusts, put the remaining cakes into an oven proof
dish and steep them in milk. Cook at 350F (180C, gas mark 4) for
twenty minutes. Warm 45ml of honey and pour over the cooked cakes,
pricking the surface so the honey can be readily absorbed. Finally
sprinkle with pepper and serve.

http://emuseum.mnsu.edu/prehistory/egypt/dailylife/diet_egypt.htm

Also, here is an ancient Egyptian cookbook you may be interested in:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0714119296/qid=1056819425/sr=1-10/ref=sr_1_10/104-8309663-9467945?v=glance&s=books

Hope this helps! -shiva777

Dear Shiva777,

Sorry for the delay in reply!! This was just what I was looking for -
thank you so much for the help and for the quick response!! Google
Answers is SO AWESOME!! I love it :)

Thank you again, Xusah