Russian Honey Cake (Medovik | Медовик)
The best honey cake recipe you'll ever find anywhere. We can not make enough of these and every Russian and non-Russian are going crazy for them. Light and fluffy, pure honey taste and nicely balanced with a sour cream filling.
Ingredients
- 375 g all-purpose flour (sifted )
- 3 eggs (large)
- 300 g honey (runny clear)
- 180 g sugar (granulated)
- 9 g bicarbonate of soda
- 250 g whipping cream (30 - 35% fat)
- 500 g sour cream (25 - 30% fat)
- 200 g powdered sugar
Instructions
- 1
--- For the biscuit layers: ---
- 2
Cream the eggs and sugar until fluffy.
- 3
Add the honey to the creamed eggs and mix until homogenous.
- 4
Fold this mixture into the sifted flour and baking soda.
- 5
Cover and let it rest for an hour at room temperature.
- 6
Heat the oven to 160°C or 320°F.
- 7
Spread credit card thin layers of biscuit mix onto a silicone baking sheet or greaseproof baking paper.
- 8
Bake 6-8 minutes or until rich golden brown.
- 9
Remove from the oven and let cool before carefully removing the silicone or baking paper from the biscuits.
- 10
Repeat until all the batter has been used.
- 11
Set aside 3 biscuit layers to crumble into a fine breadcrumb consistency and keep the rest for the layers.
- 12
--- For the cream: ---
- 13
Whip up the cream and confectioner's sugar to stiff peaks.
- 14
Fold the whipped cream mixture into the sour cream.
- 15
--- To assemble: ---
- 16
Spread a layer of cream onto each biscuit layer and continue until you have used up all the biscuits apart from the ones set aside for the crumb.
- 17
Finish with a layer of cream. Cover the sides as well.
- 18
Lastly, sprinkle the cake all over with the crispy crumble. If you want to make smaller cakes cut them into smaller shapes and cover in more crumb individually.
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