Classic honey cake with sour cream

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 2 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make honey cake with sour cream? Start preparing the cake by baking the layers. How to make cakes? Prepare the products according to the list. Choose natural, high-quality honey. Butter must also be of high quality, complying with GOST. Sift the flour first.

2. STEP 2

   

   Take a bowl that can be placed in a water bath - metal or fireproof glass. Break the eggs into it, add sugar and beat until light in color. You can do it not with a mixer, but with a whisk.

3. STEP 3

   

   Add butter, honey and soda to beaten eggs. Don't put out the soda!

4. STEP 4

   

   Place a saucepan of water over medium heat and bring the water to a boil.

5. STEP 5

   

   Place a bowl of food on the pan. Make the fire small.

6. STEP 6

   

   Cook the mixture for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. The butter should melt completely. The mixture will double in volume.

7. STEP 7

   

   Once this happens, remove the bowl from the pan. Pour pre-sifted flour into it in portions. Do not pour it all at once, it is better to do it gradually, stirring the lumps well and monitoring the consistency of the dough. It should become completely homogeneous and not hard, but soft. The dough will remain a little sticky, this is how it should be, do not try to add more flour, the cakes may become tough.

8. STEP 8

   

   Place the dough on a floured surface and form it into a ball.

9. STEP 9

   

   Next, divide the ball into 8 lumps.

10. STEP 10

    

    Take one lump and roll it out into a circle using a rolling pin on a piece of baking parchment paper. It’s okay if it doesn’t turn out even, we’ll cut it off later. Don't forget to flour the paper and rolling pin to prevent them from sticking to the dough.

11. STEP 11

    

    Prick the crust all over with a fork to prevent it from puffing up during baking.

12. STEP 12

    

    Bake the crust in the oven, preheated to 180 degrees, until golden brown. I used dark honey, that’s why the cakes are more caramel, they didn’t burn) The cakes are baked quickly, about 3-4 minutes. While one cake is baking, roll out the other, and so on one after another. Cool the hot cake slightly and carefully remove it from the paper without breaking it. When cooled, it is more fragile.

13. STEP 13

    

    Bake all 8 cakes in this manner. Then cut the cooled cakes, placing a plate of a suitable size on top. Don’t throw away the scraps; we’ll use them to make crumbs for sprinkling.

14. STEP 14

    

    The cakes are ready, make the cream. How to make cream? Prepare food for him. Take thicker sour cream. You can pre-weigh it in a linen napkin overnight. Then the sour cream will turn out even thicker. I use vanilla sugar with natural vanilla, that's why it's black.

15. STEP 15

    

    Beat the sour cream and sugar until fluffy and homogeneous; no sugar crystals can be tasted.

16. STEP 16

    

    Assemble the cake, coating each layer with cream.

17. STEP 17

    

    Grease the top and sides as well.

18. STEP 18

    

    Grind the trimmings well into crumbs, you can do this directly with your hands, they are very fragile.

19. STEP 19

    

    Sprinkle the top and sides of the cake with crumbs. Before serving, put the cake in the refrigerator for several hours, the cakes will be soaked in cream, it will become softer and tastier.

Comments on the recipe

Marjoram

25.12.2023

4.6

I like the honey cake recipe without rolling out the cakes. Cream with sour cream without cream.

Masha470

25.12.2023

4.5

I really love honey cakes, but it’s not always possible to cook them. Spoiler: in the end everything worked out)) When I cooked the mass, for some reason it did not increase in volume as indicated. I've had this happen before, but the reason is unknown. I'm guilty of butter, yesterday my husband was cooking dinner and melted the same butter in a frying pan and it looked like it had particles of water in it 😳 Maybe someone has encountered similar problems and can tell me why this happened to me? My eggs turned out to be very bright yellow- orange in color, so I boiled it for a little more than 10 minutes, until it had a caramel color. About the dough. The author’s very important note about kneading the dough “The dough will remain a little sticky, that’s how it should be, don’t try to add more flour” !!!! I wanted to stop when it was sticky , but there was approximately ~100 grams left. flour and I thought it was too much not to add it. 😂🤦🏽‍♀️ Adding another ~ 50 gr. I realized that this would be very unnecessary. At first it was easy to roll out, but after lying there it began to harden and this was already done with a little difficulty. Therefore, today I will cook again and focus not on the amount of flour, but on the consistency. So, dear friends, when reading the recipe, do not neglect the author’s advice! And everything will definitely work out) Thank you for the classic honey cake with sour cream recipe.

Yulia M

25.12.2023

4.7

I really love honey cake with sour cream. It always turns out very tender.

Masha470

25.12.2023

4.8

Today there was take 2. I replaced some of the oil with coconut 😂The cakes turned out thin, but still very tasty. I will experiment more))