Classic Soviet honey cake

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 day

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make a classic Soviet cake, Honey cake? Prepare the necessary ingredients for this. Sift the flour through a sieve in advance to saturate it with oxygen.

2. STEP 2

   

   Combine honey with butter and melt.

3. STEP 3

   

   Mix eggs with sugar.

4. STEP 4

   

   Then stir the honey mixture into the eggs and put everything on the fire.

5. STEP 5

   

   I have a non-stick pan - so I put it directly on the fire. In any other pan, you must cook in a water bath, otherwise the dough will burn. Pour baking soda into the pan and, stirring constantly, bring to a boil. The honey will react with the soda and the mixture will begin to foam. Gradually the mass will begin to darken. Add 1/3 of the flour and stir it in.

6. STEP 6

   

   At this stage, the dough is still liquid, but some of the flour has already cooked. Remove the pan from the heat and gradually stir in the remaining flour. You may need a little more or less. Be guided by the consistency of the finished dough.

7. STEP 7

   

   The dough turns out soft and slightly sticky to your hands. Cover it with film and leave it to lie for about 15 minutes. During this time, the flour will reach and the dough will stop sticking to your hands. Therefore, do not add excess flour during kneading.

8. STEP 8

   

   Divide the finished dough into 6-8 parts and roll each into a thin layer on a sheet of parchment. Prick the dough with a fork. Place in the oven, preheated to 180 degrees, for 5-7 minutes.

9. STEP 9

   

   The finished cake will become an appetizing dark golden color. Remove it from the oven and immediately cut out a circle of 18-22 cm while hot.

10. STEP 10

    

    So bake all the cakes, and leave the scraps for topping.

11. STEP 11

    

    For the cream, combine sour cream and powdered sugar and beat into a fluffy cream.

12. STEP 12

    

    Coat all the cakes with cream and assemble the cake.

13. STEP 13

    

    Sour cream is usually runny. Therefore, to ensure that the cake is even and the cakes do not move apart until they are soaked, it is convenient to secure it in a ring. Place the cake in the refrigerator to soak overnight.

14. STEP 14

    

    Remove the ring from the soaked cake.

15. STEP 15

    

    Grind the remaining trimmings into crumbs.

16. STEP 16

    

    Sprinkle the cake on all sides with crumbs and decorate to your taste. Enjoy your treat!

Comments on the recipe

Julia

07.10.2023

4.9

Homemade tea cake, baked according to this recipe. It turned out so delicious that all the guests asked for another piece, and of course, they wrote down the recipe. I used homemade honey, natural honey from forest flowers. It has a subtle, pleasant sourness and an unusual taste and aroma. I poured water into a large saucepan and placed a small saucepan on top. Bring the water to a boil. Melt honey, butter and other ingredients in a water bath. I carefully stirred everything until completely dissolved. I poured the honey mixture into a separate bowl. Gradually added flour, sifted through a sieve, to the mixture. The flour was saturated with oxygen and the lumps disappeared. The dough turned out soft and elastic. Working with him is a pleasure! I divided it into several pieces. Each piece was rolled out with a rolling pin until thin. In a preheated oven, the cakes were baked until golden brown in just a few minutes. Thanks to the honey, they became a beautiful, dark color. The cakes were baked soft and fragrant. The excess edges of the cakes were cut off with a knife. The result was even circles. To do this, I placed a plate on top and cut out on it. I left the trimmings for the next stage. Whip heavy sour cream with powdered sugar. This is honey cake cream! Simple, but very tasty. I assembled the cake... Cake, cream, cake... There was a lot of cream, so I coated it with a thick layer for better impregnation. I crushed the scraps from the cakes to the state of crumbs. I sprinkled the cake with crumbs. The cake first stood at room temperature for absorption to begin, then it was put in the refrigerator overnight. The honey cake was perfectly soaked! So tender, moderately sweet with the aroma of honey. The classic Soviet honey cake brought back to childhood! Eaten to the last crumb. Thank you to the author for the great recipe!💯

Julia

07.10.2023

4.8

Yesterday I baked a honey cake according to your recipe, it turned out very, very tasty, as if I had returned back to the USSR. Thank you very much for the recipe!!!

Agness

07.10.2023

4.9

Thanks for the recipe! I love Honey cake!

Tatiana

07.10.2023

4.6

Delicate honey cake that melts in your mouth. Honey cake according to this recipe and prepared using this technology turns out to have exactly the same taste as in those distant USSR! The cake turns out very tasty, tender and just melts in your mouth! And very big! You will not remain indifferent and, in addition, remember that amazing taste of honey cake from Soviet times!) But you need to take into account one small nuance - depending on what kind of honey you use in preparing the honey cake, its sweetness will depend, so after preparing it for the first time, mark it for Do you need to increase or decrease its sweetness next time, adjusting it by adding or removing both honey and sugar)