If it comes to such traditional recipes as "Medovik", then the boundaries of the concept of classics can be very much blurred. A simple honey cake has learned to cook housewives around the world, which further complicated the search for an authentic recipe. We have collected some of the most popular variations of "Medovik", which can be considered classic.
Cake "Medovik": a classic recipe
Ingredients:
For the cake:
- honey - 50 g;
- granulated sugar - 120 g;
- butter - 50 g;
- eggs - 3 pieces;
- soda - 3 g;
- flour - 480 g.
For cream:
- sour cream - 1 l;
- powdered sugar - 320 g;
- cream fat - 240 ml.
Preparation
Let's start with the preparation of the cake. In the saucepan, put the honey, add sugar and butter to it. As soon as the mass becomes homogeneous and the sugar crystals dissolve, the mixture can be removed from the fire and, with rapid and constant stirring, add eggs. Eggs should be added one at a time so as not to get scrambled eggs in the end. Now it's the turn of soda and flour, add dry ingredients and mix a thick and not sticky dough.
Divide the dough into 8 equal parts and roll each of them into a circle with a thickness of about 4 mm. To make the circle ideal, use a knife to cut off excess dough from the edges, putting a plate over the layer. Transfer the "pancake" on a sheet of parchment and bake at 180 ° C for 4-5 minutes, until the edges blush. Also we act with each subsequent cake. Scraps are also baked and crushed into a crumb - they will go to the decor.
Now it's the turn of the cream. The classic recipe for "Medovika" is prepared with sour cream, and therefore we take a liter of sour cream and pour into a deep bowl and mix it with sugar powder. Fat cream to beat until the formation of stable peaks, add them to sour cream, stir.
We lubricate every cake of our classic "Medovik" with sour cream, and also cover them with a cake from the outside. We sprinkle the "Medovik" with crumbs and put it soaked in the refrigerator for the night.
"Medovik" - a classic recipe with condensed milk and nuts
This recipe is a modification of the classic "Medovik" cake, which has perfectly taken root. From the previous, it is distinguished by the presence of condensed milk in the composition and nuts, adding a variety of textures.
Ingredients:
For the cake:
- eggs - 2 pieces;
- granulated sugar - 175 g;
- soda - 4 g;
- honey - 30 g;
- butter - 100 g;
- flour - 350 g.
For cream:
- sour cream - 400 g;
- condensed milk - 150 g;
- walnut - 120 g.
Preparation
Before you prepare "Medovik" according to the classic recipe, you should bring the oven temperature to 160 ° C. After, you can start preparing the dough. Mix honey, sugar, butter and soda in a sauté pan over a fire. We let the mixture melt completely, and then remove it from the fire and beat the eggs to it, continuously mixing. Add the flour into the dough and mix everything until a homogeneous mass forms. If necessary, you can pour flour into the dough if it sticks to your hands.
Divide the dough into portions, the size of which is determined by the number of desired layers,
While the cakes cool down, we have time to prepare sour cream with condensed milk. Makes it simple simple: sour cream is beaten with condensed milk with a mixer and a third of the ground nuts are added to the cream. Lubricate the resulting cream with each cake, and the remainders are distributed at the sides and at the top of the cake. Sprinkle the classic "Medovik" cake with the remaining nuts and let it soak in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours, but ideally at 8-10 hours, then the cake will turn out very moist and will melt in the mouth.