Honey cake with strawberry jam: a delicious dessert with seasonal berries

Medivnik is a cake that everyone has known since childhood. It can be made according to a classic recipe, or you can add a touch of modernity and seasonality. For example, the strawberry season is in full swing now, so you can add strawberry jam to the honey cake and get a completely new and delicious dish.

Food blogger Vika Marchenko shared her recipe for strawberry jam honey cake. On Instagram, she explained how to make the cake layers perfect.

Ingredients for the cakes for mold with a diameter of 20 cm

• Butter – 110 gr
• Honey – 70 gr
• Sugar – 150 gr
• Egg – 2 pcs
• Soda – 1 tsp
• Flour – 410 g

Ingredients for strawberry jam

• Strawberries – 400 g
• Corn starch – 20 g

Sugar – 1-2 tbsp

Ingredients for the cream

• Sour cream 30% – 760 g
• Powdered sugar – 80 g

The way of preparation

1. First, prepare the cakes. Put the butter, honey, eggs and sugar in a water bath and stir until smooth.

2. Add baking soda and mix. Pour in the sifted flour and mix until smooth. It may seem that there is not enough flour, but it is not. Wrap the dough in cling film and leave it to cool.

3. divide the dough into 9 pieces, which roll out between two sheets of parchment, cut out the required diameter, make punctures with a fork, and bake at 160 degrees for 4-5 minutes until golden brown.

4. Prepare the strawberry jam. Chop the strawberries and put them on the fire to make them soft and juicy. Blend with a blender.

5. Mix the sugar with the sifted starch and add to the strawberry puree, cook until it is desolate and cool.

6. Prepare the cream. Whip the sour cream with the powdered sugar on high speed with a mixer.

7. Assemble the cake. Spread the cream over the cakes. On the 2nd, 4th, and 6th cakes, add strawberry jam on top of the cream, but do not finish to the edges.

8. Crumble one cake into crumbs and sprinkle on top of the cake. Decorate as desired and refrigerate overnight.