Medovik is one of the most popular and favorite desserts. This cake, consisting of many thin cakes soaked in sweet honey and cream, has won the hearts of many with its unique taste and aroma. The historical roots of honey cake go deep into the past, when honey was one of the main sweet ingredients in the cuisines of the East Slavic peoples.
Each layer of crusts must be soaked in cream to make the cake delicate and soft. The main ingredient in most recipes is sour cream or buttercream, which not only gives juiciness, but also creates a characteristic flavor
.Let’s tell you how to prepare a cake Medovik
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Ingredients:
- Milk – 500 ml;
- Zest of 1 lemon;
- Egg yolks – 2 pcs;
- Sugar – 200 g;
- Cornstarch – 3 tbsp;
- Butter – 100 g;
- Honey – 10 g;
- Baking soda – 1.5 tsp;
- Eggs – 4 pcs;
- Salt – a pinch;
- Flour – 200 g;
- Mascarpone or sour cream 30% – 200 g.
Preparation of the cake Medovik:
480 ml of milk mix with lemon zest and cook until boiling. At this time mix the yolks with 100 grams of sugar, cornstarch and 20 ml of cold milk.
Remove the zest from the milk, pour the yolk mixture into it and cook until thickened. Transfer the mixture to a separate bowl and leave to cool under cling film.
Mix the butter with the honey and melt in a saucepan
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Pour the soda into the mixture and cook for 1-2 minutes until caramel color.
In a separate bowl break the eggs, pour salt and sugar, beat until the mass whitens
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Pour the honey mixture into the mass, stir with a spatula, sift the flour.
Knead a thick biscuit dough, place it in a baking dish. Bake the biscuit at 180 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
Combine the custard with mascarpone, whisk until creamy. Divide the biscuit into two cakes, smear one with cream and
place the second cake on the cream layer.
Sprinkle the top of the cake with powdered sugar.
You get a delicious and unusual cake Medovik.
