Cooking a delicious honey cake

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Honey cake has been considered the most delicious treat for many years and is loved by both children and adults. But very few people know that the recipe for its preparation was invented not by modern cooks. For the first time it was cooked at the court of the Russian Emperor Alexander I. And the confectioner, who served the table with honey cakes smeared with sour cream, did not even suspect that the Emperor's wife hated honey. But the delicacy turned out to be so tasty and melting in my mouth that Elizaveta Alekseevna not only did not punish the cook, but ordered to cook a honey-maker for all the court feasts.

How to prepare a honey cake correctly

Of course, this delicacy can be freely purchased at any confectionery store. But the honey maker cooked at home will not go with him in any comparison. To make it perfectly tasty, observe some rules:

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Ingredients:

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Cooking procedure

  1. Prepare the dough. In a water bath we beat two eggs with a glass of sugar. Cook this mixture for about five minutes, until it slightly rises and brightens.
  2. Do not remove from the bath, add honey and continue to whisk. Add a glass of flour and soda, stirring again. When the mixture becomes homogeneous, we pour out another glass of flour.
  3. Then pour the vinegar and mix. Dough on the eyes will rise and become more porous. Now is the time to add the last glass of flour to the dough, carefully knead it and remove it from the water bath.
  4. You need to lay out the dough on the table. It is better to sprinkle it with flour beforehand so that it does not stick to the surface. Let the dough cool down for a few minutes. Then we knead it with hands to homogeneity and divide it into six equal pieces.
  5. The oven should be warmed up to 180 degrees. Each part of the dough is rolled into a thin cake, laid out on a baking sheet and pierced in several places with a fork.
  6. The crusts are cooked literally five minutes before dark-golden color.
  7. To prepare the cream again on a water bath egg and sugar. When the mixture is uniform, add a glass of sour cream and whisk it, you can even mixer.
  8. After that, the cream can be removed from the bath, allow it to cool slightly and add a soft butter. Once again, whip the cream until it is slightly thickened.
  9. Each cake is carefully smeared with cream, giving it a little to drain around the edges. The top can be decorated with nuts, crumbs or grated chocolate. To dessert is well soaked, put it for a few hours, or even better not a night in the fridge.

To make an unusual honey cake at home, you can experiment with the taste of the cream. For example, make it on the basis of condensed milk, not sour cream. To do this, you need to take a pack of softened butter and beat it up with a mixer to the splendor. Then gradually begin to inject the condensed milk without stopping the whipping. To get the cream chocolate taste, you can add a little cocoa in it at the very end.