The bread is baked in round flat pieces, but is usually sold as half-circles.

In 2014, industrially made hönökaka was produced by two manufactures, Åkes Äkta Hönökakor and Pågen.

[1] Åke "Grytens-Karl" Johannesson began his bakery business in Hönö in 1934, and moved his operations to Torslanda in 1960.

[2] The bread was baked on Hönö by the area's fishing and farming families.

The bread was stored for a long time and was often eaten even after it gone stale and hard.