Honey cake on margarine with condensed milk

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 3 hr 20 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   Preparing the ingredients. The secret to making a tasty and successful honey cake is to use not fresh liquid honey, but already thickened honey. Remove margarine, eggs and butter from the refrigerator in advance; they should be at room temperature.

2. STEP 2

   

   Dissolve margarine and honey in a water bath.

3. STEP 3

   

   To do this, it is better to use a glass bowl, which we place in a pan of water so that it does not reach the bottom of the bowl.

4. STEP 4

   

   When they turn into a homogeneous mass, pour sugar into the bowl and stir constantly until the sugar dissolves.

5. STEP 5

   

   Then add soda and stir the mass until it turns white and increases in volume. Then remove the bowl with the dough from the water bath and leave to cool.

6. STEP 6

   

   When the mixture becomes warm, beat the eggs into it and mix thoroughly with a spoon or blender.

7. STEP 7

   

   Then add the sifted flour; it’s better not to add it all at once, but in portions so that the dough is well mixed.

8. STEP 8

   

   Knead the dough into a soft, elastic dough, but it should stay in the ball and not spread or crumble. Wrap it in cling film and put it in the refrigerator for an hour.

9. STEP 9

   

   Remove the finished dough from the refrigerator and divide it into 8 parts. Roll them into balls, roll each ball into a thin cake.

10. STEP 10

    

    You can immediately cut a circle out of it on a plate of the required size, or cut out a cake from the baked dough. Prick each cake with a fork to prevent it from puffing up.

11. STEP 11

    

    Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Bake each cake for 7 minutes on average. Remove it from the oven when it is slightly browned. Let the cakes cool. We also bake the rest of the dough and turn it into crumbs using a rolling pin or coffee grinder; we need them for sprinkling the cake. Let the cakes cool.

12. STEP 12

    

    Meanwhile, prepare the cream. Beat the butter, softened at room temperature, with a mixer and a can of condensed milk. If desired, condensed milk in a can can be pre-cooked, but the honey cake tastes better if the condensed milk is not boiled.

13. STEP 13

    

    Lubricate each cake with cream, cover it with the next one.

14. STEP 14

    

    We also grease the top and sides of the cake with cream. Sprinkle the cake with crumbs. Decorate as desired, using ready-made poppy flowers. Place the cake in the refrigerator overnight so that it soaks well.

15. STEP 15

    

    Serve with tea or coffee. Enjoy your tea!