It's no secret that the perfect end to any feast is dessert. It can be expressed in any interpretation, from cookies and sweets to cakes and pies. But you can really surprise those delicacies that were prepared with your own hands.
Taste of childhood
One of the most beloved and common desserts is a honey cake. At home, such a treat is often prepared by many housewives. Honey cake is a truly culinary work of art, which is known to many sweet tooth. Everyone once tasted such a treat. Today in modern stores there is a large selection of honey products from different manufacturers. However, while most of these recipes are almost no different from each other.
In order to really feel the very unforgettable aroma and taste, you need to prepare a dessert yourself. To make a honey cake at home, you need a special recipe. Today there are many recipes, methods and secrets of making such a delicious treat.
Basic secrets of making a honey cake
If we compare a honey cake, a recipe with a photo of which will be presented below, with most other classic works of culinary art, we can say that it has an original structure that is unique to it. The main difference from other cakes is the presence in the test of such a simple product as honey. Indeed, without this ingredient, a honey cake would not have become a honey cake.
But here there is one small subtlety, ignorance of which can lead to the fact that the taste of the dessert will be irrevocably spoiled. In the process of adding honey, in no case should you overdo it, and vice versa, you should not put a little such component. If in the first case the result is too sweet and cloying taste, then in the second there may be a complete lack of aroma and taste of honey.
These two options in the cooking process are unacceptable, because of which the necessary proportions should be clearly observed. So, for example, if a honey cake is designed, say, for five layers, then in this case you need to add one tablespoon of honey. This will give a characteristic smell, and the taste will not be too sweet.
In the process of forming cake layers, it is necessary to use a special round shape (it is better not to use a plate here), since this method is considered more convenient. Honey cake (recipe with photo below) requires exclusively sharp knife when cutting circles in order to make cakes perfect. Otherwise, a situation may arise when they will have significant differences in form.
When their cream is impregnated, there is no question of saving. The surface of the cakes should be greased liberally with it, so that the honey cake at home turns out to be tender and soft.
Of course, at present, there are many other various secrets of making this kind of desserts, but it already depends primarily on some specific recipes. Here are some of them.
Honey cake (classic recipe)
This is one of the easiest cooking options for the famous honey cake, and it is truly classic. Everything that is superfluous is missing here, and the composition has been preserved in the form in which it was with our grandmothers and mothers.
To make a classic honey cake, you will need these products:
- four tablespoons of honey;
- three eggs;
- premium flour (four glasses);
- a couple of glasses of sugar;
- soda (one teaspoon);
- sour cream (eight hundred grams).
Honey making
So, a honey cake (classic recipe) is prepared as follows. This option involves twelve servings. In the same case, if more guests are expected, you need to calculate the amount of all ingredients in such a way that proportional dependence is observed.
Here you will need a small bowl in which the eggs and soda are placed, after which they are beaten with a mixer. A deep pan is put on fire, into which honey and a glass of sugar are sent. Such a mixture should simmer over low heat. In this case, do not use a strong flame. Stir the mixture over low heat and bring it to a boil. At this point, sugar will completely dissolve in honey.
After the honey-sugar mixture is boiled, the cooked mass of eggs and soda is added to it. The resulting mixture must be heated until its volume increases and a foam forms. Then it should be removed from the fire. After this, add flour and knead the dough. Due to the fact that it is not very convenient to knead honey dough with your hands, you can take a spoon. In the end, the resulting base should have a dense and viscous texture.
Subtleties of making dough
Such a mass is then divided into ten equal parts, each of which is thinly rolled out on a table. These resulting layers need to be converted into even circles. To do this, you can use a special form or plate of a suitable size.
The main secret of the test is that it quickly becomes hard, so you need to roll it into layers immediately. At the same time, pieces that were obtained in the process of formation from cakes of circles should not be thrown away, since they will still be useful in the future. They, together with all round layers, are placed in the oven, which was previously heated to two hundred degrees. Next, the dough is baked for five minutes, after which it is taken out of the oven. For some time, the cakes remain unchanged, and the pieces are rubbed into small crumbs.
Cake making
At the next stage, a cream based on sour cream is prepared. To do this, mix it with sugar (one glass) and beat with a mixer.
After that, you can form a honey cake at home. The main condition here is caution. There is no need to rush at this stage, but everything should be done very carefully so that the cake as a result comes out beautiful and does not consist of separate parts. It is necessary to take a flat round dish and lay on top of it the most even cake, then grease it with plenty of cream. In a similar manner, cakes are laid out one on top of another, and a cake is formed.
Then, crumbs obtained a little earlier from the pieces are used. They need to be mixed with one tablespoon of cream. The resulting mixture of crumbs is applied on top of a homemade honey cake, a recipe, the photo of which was presented above, from all sides. This touch helps to give it accuracy and smooth out the bumps present. All remaining crumbs are crushed even more, the surface of the cake is sprinkled with them.
At the last stage, the honey cake is placed in the refrigerator for six hours, and then it is quite possible to enjoy its unforgettable classic taste.
Cognac Honey Cake
The composition of such a dessert includes the following products:
- two tablespoons of honey;
- three eggs;
- two glasses of sugar;
- three glasses of flour;
- seventy grams of butter;
- half a liter of fat cream;
- soda and vinegar;
- One tablespoon of brandy.
Cooking brandy honey
Such a honey cake, a step-by-step photo of which can be seen in various culinary sources, begins to be prepared with the preparation of a cream. To do this, pour cream into a deep bowl and pour one glass of sugar, after which, beat everything well.
Then in the prepared pan should pour water to the middle and bring to a boil. On top of the pan you need to put a plate with the butter lying on it, add honey here and bring the resulting mass to a characteristic liquid consistency.
Next, in a separate bowl, you need to mix the eggs and one glass of sugar, add cognac to them and beat well. Then pour the whipped mass into a plate with honey and butter and hold for five minutes. After that, add the quenched soda with vinegar and leave for ten minutes, while periodically mixing. Such a honey cake (step-by-step photo recipe) can be seen on many culinary sites and in various books.
At the next stage, you need to remove the plate from the pan and add one glass of flour there in small portions, after which mix everything. On the board you need to make a slide with a depression from two glasses of flour and pour the dough into it. Then it is necessary to knead it, make a sausage from it and divide it into equal parts according to the number of cakes. After that, roll them into round cakes, while sprinkling flour on top.
Finishing the dessert
Then the cake is folded in half and placed on a baking sheet, previously sprinkled with flour. Honey cake must be baked in the oven at a temperature of 220 degrees for five minutes. At the end, a lid is taken and a round base is cut out. Now you can grease the finished cakes with cream.
You can also use sour cream for the cream, resulting in a sour cream-honey cake, the recipe of which is the same as this one. At the end of cooking, the cake is sprinkled with crumbs (from scraps of cakes) and cleaned in the refrigerator for about twelve hours.
Here is such a honey cake, the recipe with a photo of which was provided above, you can cook at home and pleasantly surprise any guests.