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Delicious Honey cake with cherries. Source: Pexels
The classic flavor of the Medovik cake is a ruddy honey cake covered with a delicate cream. This dessert has no competitors. But to improve the taste of this pastry, you can add juicy sour cherries, which are in full season right now.
The idea of making honey cake with cherries was published on the Instagram page of food blogger Anna (anya_recepti).
Ingredients:
- sugar - 150 g
- honey - 70 g
- butter (melted) - 100 g
- soda - 7 g
- eggs - 2 pcs
- flour - 410 g ⠀
Ingredients for the cherry filling:
- frozen cherries - 160 g
- sugar - 60 g
- corn starch - 10 g ⠀
Ingredients for the cream:
- sour cream 20% - 700 g
- powdered sugar - 100 g
- honey - 1 tbsp
Method of preparation:
1. Melt sugar, honey, and butter, and add baking soda.
2. Stir, add the eggs beaten with a fork, and then the flour.
3. Knead the dough and divide it into equal parts (10-12 parts).
4. Roll out each piece, cut the edges with a ring, split with a fork, and bake for 6 minutes at 160 degrees.
5. Bake the last few cakes together with the scraps.
6. Heat the cherries with sugar and starch, stirring constantly.
7. Bring to a thickening and cool. ⠀
8. For the cream, beat sour cream, honey and powdered sugar. ⠀
9. Assemble the cake (leave a little cream to decorate the cake), then cover it with cling film and put it in the refrigerator for 4-6 hours. ⠀
10. Grind the dough scraps in a blender.
11. Spread the finished cake with the remaining cream and sprinkle with crumbs. ⠀
