Honey & Cinnamon Pie Soap

This soap is quite quick to trace, so don't over blend and I like this uncoloured in a single pour. Pour slabs or trays which are just under 2cm thick, as a hot gel is produced from the Honey (sugar) and I don't want it to overheat. I use a tray mould, or you can pour single bars too, which helps the hot gel.

Moulds suitable for this project include Milky Way Mould Beehive Tray, Milky Way Mould Single Bee Tray, Milky Way Mould Guest Bee Tray and Creative Moulds Bee & Flower 1 and 2. The Creative Moulds hold half as much as the Milky Way Trays.

Ingredients

400g Olive Oil
300g Palm Oil
200g Coconut Oil
100g Cocoa Butter

375g Distilled Water
138g Sodium Hydroxide (6% superfat)

2 tbsp Honey Powder - dissolve in 2 tablespoons of Distilled Water from allocation
10-15g/ml Cinnamon Essential Oil

Or

If you find Cinnamon Essential Oil a little too strong, we recommend using 20 - 25ml Bramble Berry Fragrance - Oatmeal Milk & Honey Fragrance, Honey Ale, Saffron & Honey or Beeswax & Honey (this one has more perfume-y notes) which all complement the honey beautifully. All these fragrances have a vanilla content so will discolour the honey soap a deeper, richer honey colour.

Due to the Honey in the Recipe we recommend you use a Flat or Shallow Tray Mould and avoid insulation in summer and only use light insulation in winter, removing the towel once you see gel stage has been achieved. This is to avoid the soap super-heating.

If you wish to substitute Fresh Liquid Honey instead of the Honey Powder you can do so. Use only 1 tablespoon and add at trace.

Method:

For how to make soap from Scratch, please see our Cold Process Soapmaking Instructions Page

• Weigh and prepare all ingredients and line the mould as usual (if you mould is wooden)
• Remove 2 tablespoons of the water allocation and dissolve honey powder into this and set aside
• Prepare your workspace and set out Essential Oil or Fragrance in a Glass Beaker ready to go
• Bring soap to thin trace, and then add the Honey Solution and carefully stir through
• Stir in the Essential Oil or Fragrance and ensure it is well mixed - this will begin to set up the batch so work quickly
• If you are using a patterned mould, pour immediately into the mould.
• If you are making an unpatterned slab or shallow log and want a textured top, to avoid soda ash (that white powdery top that can occur on some batches), spritz liberally with Isopropyl Alcohol, then insulate for gel, or you can cover with acetate once firm enough to lie this over the top without it sticking
• Unmould and slice as usual

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