Southern Night cake with meringue

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 6 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   Add soda to the heated honey, without bringing it to a boil, and mix well.

2. STEP 2

   

   Beat eggs with sugar.

3. STEP 3

   

   Melt the butter.

4. STEP 4

   

   Add melted butter to beaten eggs.

5. STEP 5

   

   Mixing well, add honey little by little.

6. STEP 6

   

   Mix flour with cocoa.

7. STEP 7

   

   Knead the dough, adding flour in portions to the egg-honey mixture.

8. STEP 8

   

   Knead the soft elastic dough a little with your hands.

9. STEP 9

   

   Divide the finished dough into 10-12 equal parts.

10. STEP 10

    

    Roll out each part on parchment into a pancake and cut out an even circle from it.

11. STEP 11

    

    The trimmings can be used for another cake.

12. STEP 12

    

    Before baking, prick the cakes with a fork and bake at 180 degrees.

13. STEP 13

    

    Meanwhile, beat two egg whites with powdered sugar until fluffy.

14. STEP 14

    

    Place the whipped whites on a baking pan lined with parchment. Bake at minimum temperature until the meringue is ready.

15. STEP 15

    

    Beat the cream with powdered sugar into cream.

16. STEP 16

    

    Place the cooled cakes, layer by layer with cream, on top of each other.

17. STEP 17

    

    Apply cream to the last layer as well.

18. STEP 18

    

    Place egg white meringue on top. Rich honey cake with delicate cream is ready. Enjoy your tea!

Comments on the recipe

Lena

31.07.2023

4.9

The recipe is not bad, but I didn’t see butter in the ingredients, although it is in the recipe. How much of it do you need?