"Medovik" is a cake that everyone loves. He competes on an equal footing with "Napoleon" for the title of the championship. But he will not determine the places he deserves, but simply learn how to bake his honey cake deliciously.
Recipe content:
- Ingredients
- Step by step cooking
- Video recipe
The "Medovik" cake is considered one of the most popular cakes in our country. It is very often prepared for children's parties, New Years, birthdays, etc. It is now sold in many shops and is on the menus of expensive restaurants. However, the most delicious Honey cake baked with your own hands. Each housewife has her own unique recipe. But perhaps my technology for making dessert will inspire readers and there will be a desire to try to bake the famous cake in a new way.
To make a honey cake at home, the following tips will come in handy:
- First, the dark honey in the cake will be more noticeable and will give a stronger flavor. This is, of course, a matter of taste. But still, be aware of this nuance when choosing a honey product.
- Secondly, sour cream with a lower fat content permeates the cake better. However, then there will be practically no cream left between the cakes. If you want to get not only a juicy, but also a fatty cake, then take sour cream with a high percentage of fat. Then double its quantity.
- Third, baking powder can be used instead of baking soda. But then add it to the dough at the very end of the batch.
- Fourth, the amount of honey will affect the color of the cakes. Put more, they will be brown, less - light beige. At the same time, they will all have a rich honey taste early. But in any case, more than 4 tablespoons. it is not worth putting honey in the dough. Otherwise, the cakes will be too sugary.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 478 kcal.
- Servings - 1 cake
- Cooking time - 1.5 hours for cooking, plus 3 hours for soaking
Ingredients:
- Flour - 250 g
- Sour cream - 400 ml
- Baking powder - 50 g
- Eggs - 2 pcs.
- Honey - 2 tablespoons
- Butter - 100 g
- Sugar - 200 g
- Vodka - 30 ml
- Salt - a pinch
Step-by-step preparation of the Honey cake:
1. Cut the butter and place in a deep bowl. Add honey and 1 tablespoon to it. Sahara.
2. Put the butter in a water bath and melt. Mix well to get a homogeneous mass.
3. Beat the eggs into another clean and dry container and beat with a mixer until an airy foam forms.
4. Pour the beaten eggs and vodka into the creamy honey mass, mix well and heat in a water bath until the first bubbles appear. Do not bring to a boil, otherwise the eggs will curl.
5. Pour flour mixed with baking powder into the liquid ingredients. It is desirable to sift it through a fine sieve to enrich it with oxygen.
6. Knead the dough so it doesn't stick to your hands.
7. Divide the dough into 5 equal pieces to make 5 layers.
8. Roll out each cake with a rolling pin, about 5-7 mm thick, put it in a mold and send it to bake in an oven heated to 180 degrees for 5-6 minutes. They bake very quickly, so be careful not to burn. After the cake, leave to cool.
9. In the meantime, go for a cream. Combine sour cream with sugar.
10. Beat the sour cream with a mixer at high speed. It will increase in volume, become airy and lush, and bubbles form on the surface. Beat it for about 10 minutes.
11. Start collecting the cake. Take a serving dish, place the crust on it, apply sour cream and spread evenly over the entire area.
12. Do the same for all cakes and cream. Also coat the sides of the cake with cream.
13. Sprinkle the top and sides of the cake with crushed cookies, nuts, or sweet vanilla croutons. Send the product for impregnation in the refrigerator for 3 hours. Then serve to the table.
See also a video recipe on how to make a honey cake.
