Honey cake can be called one of the most popular and delicious. Indeed, thanks to the natural honey contained in the dough, this baking has an amazing aroma, therefore such a cake is more often found on the festive table.
There are many recipes for making honey cake. Any culinary specialist, it doesn’t matter whether he is a beginner or already quite experienced, uses the most favorite recipe and prepares a honey cake according to him. Some people like to season the cake with chopped nuts, others add a jelly layer or cocoa to it. Also, one cake recipe from another often differs, in addition to proportions, also by the cooking technology itself.
Honey cake can be made from thick dough or liquid. Often it consists of thin cakes that are baked separately. There can be six such cakes, and eight, or even more. Most cooks and housewives prefer shortcrust pastry for this cake . They impregnate it with any, up to liquid, cream. Well and most importantly, a honey cake must be left standing for six to eight hours. As for the composition of the cream, it is best to use sour cream for such a cake.
But that was general information, and now let's talk about how to make a honey cake.
Sour Cream Honey Cake
To prepare the dough for this baking, you will need three eggs, one glass of sugar, 100 grams of butter, two tablespoons of honey, one second part of a teaspoon of soda, one tablespoon of vinegar, three or four glasses of flour.
To prepare the cream, take 800-900 grams of sour cream, one and a half glasses of sugar, one lemon.
So, combine the eggs with sugar and beat the mass with a mixer. Then melt butter and honey over low heat. Next, combine the egg mass with butter and honey and mix thoroughly.
Quench the soda with vinegar and pour it into the dough. Now gradually add the sifted flour and then knead the dough. It should be soft.
When the dough is ready, wrap it in cling film and let it stand.
Next, divide your dough into ten parts and roll it into thin cakes. If you want, you can immediately give the cake a form and bake them until a golden color is formed.
Combine the sour cream with sugar, then add a little juice squeezed from the lemon and grated lemon peel on a small grater.
At the end, layer the cooled cakes with sour cream and let the cake infuse before serving.
Cake "Honey log"
You will need for the test: 80-90 grams of honey, two thirds of a glass of sugar, two or three glasses of flour, three eggs, half a teaspoon of soda.
To prepare the cream, take 480 ml of 15% sour cream, 250 grams of cottage cheese, you can curd cheese, kiwi.
Beat sugar with eggs and liquid honey. Add slaked soda, add flour and knead soft plastic dough.
Divide your dough into three parts. Roll out each of the resulting parts on a table into a rectangular shape with a thickness of about 0.5 cm. Cut the layer into strips one and a half centimeters wide and spread so that they do not stick together when baking. Bake the strips in an oven preheated to 220 degrees until browned (five to six minutes).
Take out and while they are hot, trim to the required size. Do the same with the rest of the test. To prepare the cream, add the mass of cottage cheese to the yogurt, mix. Cover the cake pan with foil or foil so that the edges hang down. Put a layer of cream on the bottom of the mold, then chopped chopsticks and kiwi, then repeat the layers in this order to the top of the mold.
Now wrap the edges of the foil and put your cake in the refrigerator for eight to ten hours. Before you get the cake out of the refrigerator, expand its top, cover with a cutting board and carefully flip it over and remove the foil. Then decorate with melted chocolate in a grid. Now transfer the cake to the dish and decorate it with mint and berries.
Tip: You can melt solid honey in the microwave, oven, or in a water bath, and then let it cool to room temperature. But remember, hot honey has already lost all of its healing properties and can only be used in baking. In order for sour cream and eggs to mix better with honey, they must be at room temperature.