Honey cake classic Soviet

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make a classic Soviet 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 in the honey mixture to the eggs and put everything on fire.

5. Step 5:

   

   I have a non-stick pan - so I put it on the fire right away. In any other saucepan, it is necessary to cook in a water bath, otherwise the dough will burn. Pour soda into a saucepan and, stirring constantly, bring to a boil. Honey will react with soda and the mass 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 brewed. Remove the pan from the heat and gradually stir in the remaining flour. It 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 the hands. Cover it with a film and leave it to lie down for 15 minutes. During this time, the flour will reach and the dough will stop sticking to your hands. Therefore, do not add extra flour during kneading.

8. Step 8:

   

   Divide the finished dough into 6-8 parts and roll out each in 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.

10. 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 hot.

11. Step 10:

    

    So bake all the cakes, and leave the trimmings for sprinkling.

12. Step 11:

    

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

13. Step 12:

    

    Smear all the cakes with cream and assemble the cake.

14. Step 13:

    

    Sour cream is usually a little thin. Therefore, in order for the cake to be smooth and the cakes do not disperse and are not soaked, it is convenient to fix it in a ring. Put the cake to soak in the refrigerator overnight.

15. Step 14:

    

    Remove the ring from the soaked cake.

16. Step 15:

    

    Chop the remaining scraps into crumbs.

17. Step 16:

    

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