drgreenthumb7: Russian Honey Cake – Medovik recipe
Honey cake (aka Medovik) is one of the most famous Russian desserts.
There are many recipes and variations of this cake, but, the main ingredient – is honey, which gives it incredible taste and flavor.
**Ingredients:**
**For honey cake dough**:
– 3 large eggs
– 1 cup granulated sugar
– 3 ½ oz unsalted butter
– 3-4 Tbsp honey
– 1 tsp baking soda
– 2 ½-3 cups all-purpose flour
**All ingredients for the dough have to be a room temperature**
**For honey cake cream:**
– 22 oz sour cream 25-40% fat, chill
– 1 cup heavy whipping cream 33-35% fat, chill
– 1 ½ cups icing sugar
**Instructions:**
1. Whisk eggs with sugar until white and fluffy.
2. We will cook dough for honey cake on a bain-marie. Put honey and butter into a smaller stew-pot and place to the bain-marie.
3. Add whisked eggs to the butter and honey and thoroughly mix. Leave honey mix on a bain-marie about 5 minutes more. Add baking soda, mix well and cook about 20 minutes.
4. Preheat oven up to 180°C or 356°F. Remove stew-pot with honey mixture from bain-marie, add flour and knead soft and plastic dough. Divide the dough on 8 equal pieces. On the floured-well table roll out each piece of the dough into 8-9” inch circle (about 1/6” thick). Bake each layer about 3-5 minutes.
5. Place ready layers on a cutting board, crush the scraps with the rolling pin or into a blender, set aside.
6. Whisk sour cream with powdered sugar until fluffy and soft peaks. Separately whisk chilled heavy cream until stiff peaks.
7. Spread about 3 tablespoons of cream on each layer and assemble your honey cake.
8. Cover top and sides of your honey cake with remaining cream and dust with the scraps. Refrigerate overnight and decorate with chocolate, caramel, nuts, fresh fruits or berries before serve. Invite your family or friends and enjoy this delicious honey cake.
Recipe source: [Russian Honey Cake (Medovik)](https://www.rednumberone.com/russian-honey-cake-medovik-recipe/)
perfectlyPositive: I’ve had this once before and my good it was amazing! Is icing sugar the same thing as powdered sugar?
KetchupPower: I looooove this cake! I ate it all through my pregnancy with my son (who was born in Kyiv) -it was my biggest craving. Lovely with a cup of sweet milky tea😊 thank you for the recipe! If only I could find someone patient enough to make one for me…
lemongenius: This looks delicious! Is it quite sweet?
fanttaghiro: Spasibo
Littlebunyuz: It’s soooo good!
4KidsUTube: This looks delicious!
soyele: I saw this on Chef’s table once
balagi: TIL that Medovik origin is Russia.
knowaabout: WOW they look so sweat and awesome !!!!
yukoder: I’d highly recommend this recipe: http://www.melangery.com/2014/02/russian-monday-medovik-honey-cake.html?m=1
I’ve made it a few times, and while it can be a bit tedious, and certainly messy, (the crumb coating is just puréed scraps) it’s a delicious cake that’s not too sweet!
longdropbotha: Looks kinda crumby
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