Classic honey cake with condensed milk and butter

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 14 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make a classic honey cake with condensed milk and butter? Measure out the required ingredients for the dough. Honey can be used either liquid or thickened.

2. STEP 2

   

   Sift the flour into a wide bowl. It will be enriched with oxygen, and the cakes will rise well during baking.

3. STEP 3

   

   We will prepare classic choux honey dough in a water bath. Take a small saucepan or heat-resistant glass container. Whisk the eggs and sugar until smooth.

4. STEP 4

   

   Add honey to the sweet egg mixture.

5. STEP 5

   

   Add butter. It is advisable that it is not too cold, so it will melt faster.

6. STEP 6

   

   Pour water into a larger saucepan. Place the container with the resulting mass on the pan, while the bottom of the upper container should not touch the water. The water in the pan should boil moderately.

7. STEP 7

   

   With constant stirring, bring the mixture until smooth. Honey and oil should completely dissolve. Add soda, mix well.

8. STEP 8

   

   The mixture will begin to foam slightly. Warm the mixture for another 1 minute and remove from the water bath.

9. STEP 9

   

   Pour the liquid mass into a spacious bowl in which it will be convenient to knead the dough. The mixture needs to be cooled quite a bit. Add sifted flour. Do not pour out all the flour at once. You may need a little less or more depending on its quality and properties. Mix first with a spoon, then with your hands.

10. STEP 10

    

    Knead the honey dough. It should turn out soft, not tight. The honey dough sticks to your hands a little, this is normal. There is no need to try to eliminate this by adding flour, otherwise the dough will turn out stiff and the finished cakes will be harsh. If the dough, once formed into a ball, does not hold its shape very well, this is the correct consistency for honey dough. The cakes will be crumbly and not hard.

11. STEP 11

    

    Divide the dough into equal parts, the number of which will depend on the desired diameter of the cakes. I divided it into 9 parts. The diameter of my cakes is 19 cm. With a larger diameter, the number of cakes will be less.

12. STEP 12

    

    Roll out each piece of dough into a thin layer about 2 mm thick. It is better to do this immediately on parchment, since the dough is very tender and without parchment it is almost impossible to transfer it to a baking sheet; the dough will tear. It is better to choose siliconized parchment; it is easier to remove finished cakes from it.

13. STEP 13

    

    Level the dough onto a plate of the desired diameter. You can prick the crust with a fork to prevent it from puffing up during baking.

14. STEP 14

    

    Transfer the crust to a baking sheet directly on the parchment. Bake the cake in an oven preheated to 150-160C for about 5 minutes. Place the finished cake on a flat surface so that the edges of the cake do not bend when cooling. Be careful, the cakes brown very quickly, it is important not to dry them out. You can level the cakes after baking. Then this must be done immediately, since they quickly become brittle and brittle when cooling.

15. STEP 15

    

    Bake all the cakes in this manner. From one part of the dough I cut out decorations for the cake. Consider the features of your oven and determine the time and temperature you need.

16. STEP 16

    

    I ground the baked leftovers and cake scraps in a blender until crumbly. It can be used to decorate a cake.

17. STEP 17

    

    Prepare the cream.

18. STEP 18

    

    Beat soft butter with a mixer until fluffy and creamy.

19. STEP 19

    

    Mix condensed milk into the cream in small portions.

20. STEP 20

    

    At minimum speed, beat the cream until smooth.

21. STEP 21

    

    Place the crust on an appropriately sized plate. Grease the cake with cream. To keep the plate clean after assembling the cake, you can line the cake with parchment.

22. STEP 22

    

    By stacking the cakes on top of each other and spreading with cream, assemble the entire cake.

23. STEP 23

    

    I sprinkled honey crumbs on top of the cake. Place the cake in the refrigerator for 10-12 hours until it is well soaked. Now you can remove the parchment from the plate. Before serving, decorate the cake as desired.

24. STEP 24

    

    I added cocoa to a small portion of the cake batter and made bees with icing stripes and almond petal wings. The rest of the decorations were covered with multi-colored glaze. This option is well suited for a children's party. You can cover the cake with crumbs only on the sides, and decorate the top with fresh berries or soft, bright fruits before serving. You can cover the top with melted chocolate or chocolate icing, or sprinkle with chocolate chips.

25. STEP 25

    

    Cut the honey cake into portions and serve. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

caramel

04.10.2023

4.9

A cake with condensed milk is sugary for me, but with sour cream it’s just right!

Eleno4ka

04.10.2023

4.6

The classic honey cake with condensed milk and butter remains one of the most popular and favorite for many. For the cream, I used natural butter and natural condensed milk without adding vegetable fats. The cream turned out very tasty! The cakes were rolled out and baked on siliconized parchment. I also got nine cakes, 20 cm in diameter. After cooling, I coated the cakes with cream, sprinkled the sides and top of the honey cake with cookie crumbs, with a small addition of cocoa powder. The cake spent 16 hours in the refrigerator. The next day we went on a visit with this cake. The tea party was a great success! No one was left indifferent; both children and adults liked the honey cake. Thanks to the author for the recipe!

Winny

04.10.2023

4.5

We make the same cakes for various family holidays. But instead of regular condensed milk we use boiled milk. True, it is better to buy boiled condensed milk, because it takes quite a long time to cook it yourself - about three hours. But, by the way, my son recently started making various funny inscriptions on the surface of the cake using ordinary condensed milk. Only the milk should be of sufficient thickness. And, of course, cooking a cake brings the whole family together and that’s great!

Anastasia

04.10.2023

4.7

Honey cake is my favorite cake) Thanks for the recipe.

Faith faith

04.10.2023

4.7

We also bake honey cake, only the proportions are slightly different.

Natalia

04.10.2023

5

Hello, I'm baking the cake on parchment and the cake is stuck, should I coat it with something else?

Guest

04.10.2023

5

I specifically registered on the site to leave a review. Thank you very much for the recipe! And the smell of the cakes is a separate tale, of course 💕 the cream had to be made a little different (condensed milk cream, because the cream disappeared 😅).