Best Honey Cake Recipe | Medovik | Russian Honey Cake

This is the Best Honey Cake Recipe for all occasions. Consisting of 10-12 layers of honey dough with creamy buttercream, this luxurious cake is perfect with tea or coffee.
The honey cake is very popular in Latvia and Russian speaking countries. This honey cake is so soft and fantastic. It stays amazing in the fridge for several days, so this is also a great make-ahead cake! It’s definitely a special occasion cake and will amaze your crowd! It requires some patience in creating this beautiful cake, but its really worth it!

Ingredients
Honey Cake

115 gr or 1 stick of butter

150 gr or ¾ cup of granulated sugar

2 eggs

2 teaspoons of baking soda

100 gr or ¼ cup honey

450 gr or 3½ - 4 cups flour ( add slowly)

White chocolate, cookies and walnuts ( for decoration optional)

Filling

200 gr of cream cheese, you can use any soft cheese

1 can (240 ml) sweetened condensed milk

200 gr of sour cream

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

300 gr or 1 cup heavy cream

6 Tablespoons icing sugar

Directions
Step 1: Make sure you use a nonstick pan, as this is a quick process. Place the butter and sugar in your pot. Cook it just until the butter melts but is still barely warm. Make sure it is not hot. I turn the heat off halfway through and just mix my butter in.

Step 2: Add the eggs, baking soda and honey and mix to combine.

Step 3: Cook the mixture on medium-low heat for about 6-7 minutes, The mixture should almost double in size and will turn a deep caramel colour. Take it off the heat.

Step 4: Add the flour and mix quickly with a wooden spoon. I always add less flour than I need and add more when I'm rolling out the cake layers. If you add too much flour, it will be really hard to roll out.

Step 5: On a lightly floured surface, roll out the cake layers. You have to work quickly, if the mixture goes cold it will be very hard to roll it out. If it's sticking to your hands and the counter, add more flour. Roll it out thinly into somewhat of a circle. Use a plate to cut a perfect circle. You can save all the scraps just the way you cut them and place them on a baking sheet and then bake. Later, you can crush them into crumbs and sprinkle the sides and top of the cake.

Step 6: In your preheated oven at 400 F or 200 C, place the first circle layer of the cake and bake for 2-3 min until golden brown. Repeat the process with all the dough. You should have approximately 10-12 cake layers. Step 7: Once all the layers are baked, leave them aside to cool and make your filling.

Step 8: Cream the softened cream cheese and condensed milk with a hand mixer until it's well combined.

Step 9: Add the sour cream and vanilla and mix to combine.

Step 10 : In another bowl, whip the heavy cream with the icing sugar.

Step 11: Gently mix everything together. Set aside.

To assemble the cake:

Step 12: Place a dollop of frosting into the centre of the plate, just to keep the cake from sliding around.

Step 13: Top each cake layer with several spoons of frosting and spread it around evenly. I like to use a lot of frosting, to make sure the cake is moist and yummy.

Step 14: Repeat with all the cake layers. As you place the layers on top of each other, some of the frostings will ooze out of the sides. Spread it out evenly over the sides.

Step 15: Grate some white chocolate on top of the cake and use crushed walnuts nuts around the cake. Spread some cake crumbs all over the cake and decorate with some berries. Enjoy.

[majaraskovic]

I made this and it truly is the best cake I’ve ever baked. My mother in law has requested this for her 70th birthday!!

[relentlesslyawesomer]

Привет! My Russian professor and I LOVE discussing food, especially pastries. She sent me a link to a recipe on medovik. Seeing what it was, I knew I had to make it (I think that was her plan all along). So I searched for a long time for the best looking recipe. I'm a baker (long line of bakers in my family) and can honestly say this is BY FAR the best dessert I've ever had. My whole family and Russian class and professor agrees that this is the best cake they've ever had. You have such a gift. This was beyond delicious! I'm making it again now for my best friend's going away party and for my parents. Спасибо огромное!!!!

[eryantimawar]

Alhamdulillah...Hands down the best honey cake ever....my friend gave a few slices to our family... and it was super yummy...perfect taste... and definitely a winner...if you want to impress anyone please make sure you make this cake and trust me everyone will be amazed by the wonderful taste of this delicious cake...

[lanamadeit]

I used to make this type of cake when I was a kid and I have the old yellow paper with the recipe SOMEWHERE but I have no idea where. I'm hosting my grandmother's 83rd birthday and wanted to make it again for the party. This recipe made me feel all sorts of warm and fuzzy, it really brought back lovely memories. I remember we used to put thin sliced bananas and kiwis between the layers in addition to the cream frosting and then it would soak in over night and be so moist and fruity. I'm so glad I found this. I will definitely be making it!!!!

[cristianroth]

Russian cuisine is underrated. I've made this cake for Easter (Orthodox Easter was 4 days ago) and it blew everyone's mind. Not to brag about my skills (I got lucky to nail it without any problems), but it was an absolute show stopper.

[Meemzz]

I made this today! Thank you for a great recipe. This is by far the hardest cake I've ever made. Making the sheets took forever! But it was all worth it 😋

[alro]

I've made this cake using your recipe and I have to say it was the best honey cake I've ever tried! It's pretty difficult to make and pretty time-consuming but it's so worth it. The second time I made it I added crushed pistachios to my crumbs and WOW I think I loved it even more haha. Thank you for a great recipe <3

[richaur]

Hey Alla, I used your recipe this weekend. Wow, incredibly delicious! My family and neighbors were stunned. Thank you for sharing this recipe. Love your channel! Greetings from Belgium 😉

[tahnazmohamad]

Update: I made this cake and it look me over 3 hours but it was so amazing! I loved the texture and the taste. Thank you so much for this wonderful recipe.

[aqmafrdwng]

Hai, I'm from Malaysia and I just wanted you to know your recipe was the best! It was success at first attempt. Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful recipe😊

[BeeVargaTheHulahooper]

Never thought I'm going to ever make this but after watching this video I'm fully inspired! Many thanks for all your hard work ❤

[fatima]

this cake is amazing, took me 2.5 continuous hours to make but it's completely worth it! i made it for the 2nd time today

[ДженниБритан]

У Вас лучшие рецепты👍 спасибо за очередной прекрасный десерт 😊

[nazanin]

I made this cake and it was a hit! So good!

[sharnz]

I went to a market in Perth Australia a while back, maybe 7 years ago we're talking. Anyway i came across this cake from a lady who was selling it and it was beautiful, we bought a whole slab to take home. I haven't seen one since until now, thank you for sharing your recipe judging by the comments and the look of this cake im sure im going to get exactly what im after 😊

[vartushikM]

I made this yesterday ! The best medovik ! I loved it as the filling is so different to the other, So easy :)) thank you!

[cristyharrison]

This is the best cake I have ever made! I baked it for a dinner party, and I was getting compliments all night! I even gave a few your recipe when they asked, thank you!

[xxxtechnobladelover]

I really love how she talks in russian and English. I even understand her!

[sandradean]

TAKING OUT THE PRIZE FOR THE CAKE... 👏🏻👏🏻❤️

Can’t wait to make it... looks just FABULOUS.😍😍😍

[nytashaking]

So I'm late to the party but I just made this today and I couldn't wait to comment about how it came out. I was so worried, but it was absolutely amazing and tasted even better. Thanks for the amazing recipe.