Medovik appeared in a very unusual and controversial way. The fact is that this cake was prepared especially for Empress Elizabeth Alexeevna Romanova. However, the empress did not like honey.
How did it happen that the honey cake was served on the table to Elizabeth Alexeevna?
The new confectioner did not know about the Empress’s bad attitude to honey. So he made a dessert to his own taste.
Amazingly, the Empress liked the cake. Later, honey cake became one of the main desserts for the royal family.
Medovik successfully broke into the world confectionery arena
.
He still occupies the first positions among the best-selling desserts of the world.
Let’s prepare homemade honeydew without crusts at home.
Ingredients of dough for honey cake:
- egg – pcs;
- sugar – 60 g;
- butter – 70 g;
- honey – 50 g;
- flour – 220 g;
- leavening agent – 1 tsp;
- salt – a pinch.
- vanillin – a pinch.
Ingredients for the cream:
- sour cream – 500 g;
- sugar – 50 g.
Preparation of honey:
In a bowl, break the eggs, pour the granulated sugar, add honey and mix everything thoroughly.
Pour
into the mixture soft butter, mix the components until homogeneous.
Pour ½ of the flour, salt, vanillin and leavening agent into the mixture, knead the dough
.
Pour the rest of the flour into the dough, knead with your hands to form a non-sticky, dense
ball. Pinch off small pieces from the ball to form balls smaller than walnuts
.
Put the balls on a baking tray, bake for 10 minutes in the oven at 180 degrees.
After baking the cookies cool down. At this time, prepare the cream – beat with a mixer sour cream with sugar until a lush mass.
Chop 6 balls of cookies into fine crumbs
.
Mix the rest of the cookies with the cream.
50 grams of cream should be left for decorating the cake.
Put the cream with the cookies in a pastry mold with a diameter of 18 cm, covered in advance with food film. Send the cake to the refrigerator for 5-6 hours at least.
Then take the cake out of the mold and out of the food film, cover the top and sides with the rest of the cream.
It remains only to sprinkle the whole cake with crumbs.
It turns out to be a simple honey cake without long preparation of the cakes and cream.
