Byzantine Spice Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup canola oil
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1/2 cup Greek yogurt, plain (or sour cream)
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup orange juice
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground mace
Topping (Honey Syrup)
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup water
1 cup honey

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F Grease a 9 x 13 inch baking pan.
Beat oil and sugar together. Add eggs and half of the yogurt. Mix well.
Mix baking soda into orange juice and add to batter.
Sift dry ingredients together and add to oil mixture. Stir in remaining yogurt and mix well.
Pour into prepared pan and bake 45 minutes. Remove from oven and cool.
For topping, boil all topping ingredients for about 15 minutes, covering pan the last 5 minutes (reduce heat if needed to keep it from boiling over).
Pour hot syrup over the cake. Let soak in and cut into squares to serve.