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Honey cake is a cake loved by many since childhood. This relatively low-calorie dessert with a delicate pleasant taste. However, not everyone knows how to make honey cake with their own hands. There are several recipes for the cake; its taste can be varied as desired. Making honey cake is a rather labor-intensive process. You need to bake the cakes, prepare the cream, assemble the cake. It takes a lot of time to soak the cake in cream. But it’s worth it, because the result is an excellent dessert for the holiday table with the taste of caramel and honey.
To make the cake tender and melt in your mouth, you need to take into account the nuances of its preparation. Preparing honey cake is not difficult, you just need to select the right ingredients, follow the proportions and know some cooking rules:
- To bake a cake you need to use liquid honey. If the honey has already become candied, it must be melted in a water bath. With a liquid product it will be easier to knead the dough.
- Light honey is suitable for honey cake. Dark honey has too strong a flavor. You should also not use buckwheat honey, otherwise the cake will turn out too tart.
- The honey cake will turn out soft and tender if the dough is steamed. To do this, you need to boil water in a saucepan. And place the second pan inside the dish so that its bottom does not touch the water.
- You must strictly follow the amount of sugar indicated in the recipe, since honey also gives a sweet taste to the cake. If you put a lot of sugar in the dough, the honey cake will turn out cloying.
- Only warm dough is rolled into cakes.
- To get a delicate honey cake, it is better to use sour cream. Sour cream gives a pleasant taste to the cake and makes the cakes airy.
- For the cream you should use full-fat sour cream. Instead of granulated sugar, it is better to use powder. Before making the cream, the sour cream needs to be cooled, so it will mix more easily with the powdered sugar.
- You can add condensed milk or cocoa to the sour cream for cream. You can also replace sour cream with these products.
- The taste of the cake can be varied by adding prunes or walnuts to the cream.
- Before assembling the cake, you need to put a layer of cream on a dish and place the first layer on it. Assembling a cake should always start with the cream, not the layers.
Honey cake recipes
Preparing honey cake consists of several stages:
It’s better to cook honey cake 1 day before use, since soaking the cake takes about 12 hours. It is not recommended to soak honey cake for 2-3 days.
Classic recipe: honey cake “Tenderness”
For making cakes you will need 600 g flour, 300 g sugar, 50 g butter, 150 g honey, 1 teaspoon soda, 3 eggs. The cake according to the classic recipe uses 2 types of cream: sour cream and condensed milk. To prepare sour cream cream, you will need 500 g of sour cream (fat content of at least 20%), 300 g of sugar. For condensed milk cream - 1 can of condensed milk (360 g), 200 g of butter.
Honey cake with nuts and prunes without rolling out the cakes
To prepare this version of honey cake it takes a little time. To bake cakes you will need 100 g of sugar and butter, 150 g of honey, 3 eggs, 350 g of flour, 1 teaspoon of soda. To make the cream you need 0.5 kg of sour cream (25% fat content), 300 ml of cream (35% fat content), 5 tablespoons of powdered sugar, 300 g of pitted prunes and 200 g of walnuts.
Honey cake “Ryzhik” with custard without water bath
Honey cake can be prepared without steaming the dough. For a cake according to this recipe you will need 1 cup of sugar, 2 - 3 eggs, 2 tablespoons of honey, 2 teaspoons of soda, 3 cups of flour, 100 g of margarine. For the cream you need to take 0.5 liters of milk, 125 g of sugar, a bag of vanillin, 4 tablespoons of flour and 2 eggs.
Add liquid honey to the beaten eggs. To stir thoroughly. Gradually add flour mixed with baking powder and mix well. The consistency of the dough should be like sour cream.
Bake in an oven preheated to 180-200 degrees for 40 minutes. Remove the finished cakes from the molds and let cool.
Prepare the impregnation.
Mix honey, warm water and cinnamon. Add lemon juice. Mix.
Wash dried apricots and cut into medium cubes.
Grease the cake with cream, add dried apricots.
Prepare the cake powder. To do this, grate the chocolate-covered wafers on a fine grater.
Honey cake" Today it has many names: “Ryzhik”, “Honey”, “Bee”, but honey is always present at its core. Perhaps someone will say that they don’t like cakes with honey. Most likely, you simply haven’t eaten a real, light, not at all cloying, delicious dessert with a delicate taste.
It is not known for certain who was the first to experiment and add honey to the dough, but the cake became widespread thanks to the light hand of Empress Elizabeth. The young cook, not knowing about her dislike for honey, decided to surprise the wife of Alexander 1 and prepared honey cake with custard. Since then, it has become a favorite dessert on festive tables in the royal apartments.
For cakes, you usually prepare a stiff dough and roll them out into the desired shape, but you can do it much simpler - prepare a liquid dough.
It is worth noting that the taste of the cakes will depend on the choice of honey. Thus, dark honey will give a richer color and aroma than light honey, and its taste will appear brighter. Already melted honey is mixed with eggs and flour is gradually added so that the dough resembles the consistency of thick sour cream. Of course, you don’t need to roll out such cakes, which means it will take less time to prepare. The dough just needs to be poured into the prepared pans and baked. After the cakes are baked, they are cut and coated with cream.
For the test:
eggs - 4 pcs.
sugar - 180 gr.
honey - 5-6 tbsp. l.
flour - 400 gr.
baking powder - 1 pack.
For impregnation:
warm water - 1 tbsp.
honey - 2 tbsp. l.
juice of half a lemon
cinnamon - ½ tsp.
For cream:
sour cream 25% - 500 ml.
sugar - 1 tbsp.
vanilla sugar - 1 pack.
thickener for sour cream - 1 pack.
dried apricots - 100 gr.
Cooking method:
Melt honey in a water bath. Cool.
Enjoy your tea!
Cream
You can prepare the cream that you like best, but still, Honey cake tastes best with sour cream. Moreover, it is also prepared very quickly and always turns out. All you need to do is beat the sour cream with sugar until thick and spread on the cakes. If you want the cakes to be well soaked and tender, but there is also enough cream, then choose sour cream with a high percentage of fat content and slightly increase its proportions.
Before covering the cakes with cream, they can be soaked in sweet impregnation or cognac (in this case, the cake will be for adults only).
You can add nuts, raisins, prunes or your favorite berries to the ready-made cream.
Decoration
To make the Honey Cake look festive, it, of course, needs to be decorated. It all depends on your imagination. You can crush wafers, chocolate, nuts or cocoa into crumbs and sprinkle generously on top of the cake, or add a thickener to the cream and lay out various figures.
It doesn’t matter at all how you decorate it, what kind of cream you prepare for it, the main thing is that you make it with love.
Why is “Ryzhik” so popular?
He has long become a favorite guest at the holiday table. And it’s all about its delicate, sweet taste and unique rich honey aroma. No matter how many recipes are known for its preparation, the soft, light taste of traditional sour cream and the enchanting smell of fresh golden honey will always delight those who want to try and appreciate it. And a variety of decorations made from nuts or dried fruits will add a zest to the royal dessert.
What are the benefits of using batter for cake?
Of all the existing recipes for this holiday dish, the one described above is very convenient because it does not require time and effort to roll out numerous layers of dough. As a result, you will get light, airy honey cakes with a unique classic taste and smell. The method of making cakes from liquid dough is also convenient in that you can make just one cake, which you can then cut and lay out the finished dessert from the pieces.
The benefits of sour cream
The sour cream used in preparation has many important qualities. Sour cream is very easily absorbed by the body, which is an advantage over cream. It can also help your stomach feel better and is often recommended for digestive problems. A positive effect of the dairy product on bones and nails has been noted; it helps strengthen them. In general, it has a positive effect on a person’s mood and hormonal levels, which makes sour cream an important and useful ingredient. And in order not to harm your figure, you should choose sour cream with a low fat content.
Useful properties of honey
It is worth mentioning that although the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about the health benefits of a treat is the well-known healing properties of honey. Everyone knows its beneficial effect on the respiratory system, antiviral properties, and it also helps improve digestion, strengthen bones due to its high calcium content, and improve immunity. It has been used for medicinal and prophylactic purposes since ancient times. So “Medovik” is not only a very tasty, but also a healing delicacy!
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One of the most delicious and favorite cakes that many people with a sweet tooth probably adore is Honey cake. Of course: this aromatic and satisfying dessert miraculously combines thin honey cakes, tender and juicy, with smooth and velvety sour cream and butter cream. A little imagination and even the simplest honey cake will turn into an unexpected and original surprise for the whole family!
In general, in the order table this recipe was declared as a Honey cake according to GOST. However, I do not know of a single recipe for this honey cake that could be classified as such. That is why I called it classic - similar ingredients and their proportions, in my opinion, are most often used in cooking by most housewives.
Products for honey cakes for Medovik are not expensive and are almost always available in any refrigerator. For the cream, I advise you to use only high-quality butter (with a fat content of at least 72%), and choose richer sour cream - from 20%. You should not reduce the amount of sugar, nor should you replace fragrant honey with molasses or invert syrup.
Now a few words about the decor of this homemade cake. If for some reason (lack of time, desire or necessary ingredients) you do not want to repeat the decoration that you see in the photo, you can easily stop at step 32. Just cover the cake with honey crumbs and you're done. Well, for those who love the original design of cakes and other desserts, please be patient, bubble wrap, white chocolate, natural honey and a few other little things. But we'll talk about this below...
Ingredients:
Dough for honey cakes:
(400 grams) (220 grams) (100 grams) (2 pieces ) (2 tablespoons ) (1 teaspoon) (1 pinch)
Sour cream and butter cream:
Chocolate and honey decoration:
Cooking the dish step by step with photos:
To prepare a fragrant honey cake, we will need the following ingredients: premium wheat flour, granulated sugar and vanilla sugar, natural bee honey, sour cream, butter, chicken eggs, baking soda and salt. For decoration, if desired, buy high-quality white chocolate; I will tell you what the bees need below.
First of all, let’s prepare the dough for thin honey cakes using the custard method. To do this, break a couple of chicken eggs into a thick-walled saucepan or stewpan, add 220 grams of granulated sugar and a pinch of salt.
Beat everything with a mixer or whisk until a thick light foam forms. You don’t need to beat for a very long time - with a mixer at high speed for 2-3 minutes, and with a hand whisk for 5 minutes.
In the same bowl add 2 tablespoons of natural honey and 100 grams of butter. It is advisable that the butter be soft, that is, at room temperature - this way it will disperse faster and more evenly in the egg mass.
Place the saucepan over medium heat and, stirring constantly (stir especially carefully along the bottom so that nothing burns), bring the custard base almost to a boil. During the heat treatment process, the initially thick mass will turn into a rather liquid one - this can be seen in the photo. It is important not to boil the mixture, but simply bring it to almost a boil!
Mix everything vigorously and immediately remove the dishes from the heat. The custard base will immediately begin to foam, bubble and greatly increase in volume. This procedure will only take a few seconds.
Stir, stir, stir and at the same time gradually add sifted wheat flour. This way we brew the flour, that is, we will have choux pastry.
The amount of flour needed for brewing may vary depending on its moisture content. You need to add flour to the pan until it is possible to mix the dough. Perhaps at this stage you will need 250 grams, or maybe more or vice versa less.
We begin to knead the honey dough with our hands, only carefully so as not to get burned. Gradually it will cool and stirring will become more convenient.
As a result, according to this recipe, my dough takes exactly 400 grams of premium wheat flour (I always buy Lidskaya). The finished choux pastry turns out very, very soft, sticky while warm (then it won’t stick to your hands, don’t worry) and aromatic. Just don’t stuff this dough with excess flour, as in this case the finished cakes will turn out dry and dense.
Divide the dough into 10 parts, preferably of the same weight. I specifically weighed each piece - it turned out to be 85 grams. Roll each piece into a ball and place on a flat plate or dish lightly sprinkled with wheat flour (I did not indicate the additional amount for shaping in the ingredients).
We cover the dough with cling film or foil so that the surface does not dry out and become crusty, and put the balls (they have already become flat cakes - the dough is so tender) in the refrigerator for 1 hour. During this time, the choux pastry will rest, cool completely and thicken - it will be very convenient and easy to work with.
Once the dough has been in the refrigerator, it’s time to work with it further. Don't forget to turn on the oven in advance and preheat it to 170 degrees. It is best to roll out pieces of choux honey dough immediately on parchment paper, and then immediately bake the preparations for the future Honey cake on it. Here we will need a little more wheat flour, the amount of which I did not indicate in the ingredients - about 3 tablespoons will be enough to form the entire dough. Sprinkle a piece of baking paper with a little flour, put a piece of dough and dust it a little too.
Using a rolling pin, roll out the cake into a thin cake, preferably round. The thickness of the workpiece should be no more than a couple of millimeters.
Next you need to give the dough layer a perfectly round shape - this can be done using a plate, pan lid or springform pan. I get blanks with a diameter of 20 centimeters - we just cut them in a circle with a sharp knife.
Slightly move the dough scraps away from the round piece so that they do not stick together during the baking process. Generously prick the flatbread itself with a fork - this way it will not swell during baking.
Bake the first honey cake along with the scraps in a preheated oven on a medium level for about 4-6 minutes, no longer. The cakes cook very quickly, they brown beautifully and increase in volume by about 2 times.
Remove the finished honey cake from the parchment paper and immediately transfer it to a flat surface while it is still hot. The cakes will be very soft immediately after baking, and as they cool they will no longer bend, so work quickly.
In this way we bake all the cake layers for the Honey cake - in total we get 10 pieces with a diameter of 20 centimeters. I’ll tell you a little about how to do this quickly and not waste time. Roll out 1 cake layer, put it in the oven, and meanwhile roll out the second one on the second piece of parchment. Take out the finished cake and immediately bake a second one, rolling out the third. In other words, it turns out to be a kind of conveyor belt - everything will take about an hour.
When they have completely cooled and hardened, grind them into crumbs in any convenient way. If you like to decorate the Honey cake with fine, fine crumbs, you can grind everything in a food processor or mince it. I prefer decor when I come across such small pieces, so I just break everything with my hands, after which I rub some of it with my fingers. The result is a non-uniform coating - it’s more interesting.
The base for the honey cake is ready and cooled, so it’s time to move on to preparing the cream. And the cream will be very interesting - butter and sour cream. It will have the smoothness and velvety of butter whipped with powdered sugar and a light, subtle sourness of sour cream, which miraculously sets off the sweetness of the cake itself. Before you start whipping the butter, you must soften it. To do this, cut cold butter (250 grams) into small pieces and leave at room temperature for 2-3 hours.
Beat everything with a mixer at high speed for at least 5 minutes, until the butter becomes fluffy and turns white. You will have to beat the cold butter for about 20 minutes, so be sure to give it time to warm up.
All that remains is to add 300 grams of fatty sour cream to the whipped butter, which should also be at room temperature. Just add it in portions and mix with a spatula or hand whisk. The result is a very delicate, smooth, homogeneous and tasty cream.
The next stage of preparing the classic Honey cake is assembly. Immediately take a flat plate or dish according to the diameter of the cakes, but with a margin. Apply about a teaspoon of cream to the center so that the future cake holds securely on the plate and does not slide off. We cut out 4 strips from parchment and place them on a dish, as shown in the photo. What is it for? So that later you don’t have to rub off the cream from the edges of the dishes and scrape out the honey crumbs.
Place the first honey cake in the center and apply some of the sour cream and butter cream. You must calculate the amount of cream so that there is enough for all 10 cake layers and also cover the sides of the cake.
Then we put the cake back on, apply the cream... and thus assemble the entire Honey cake.
We also coat the sides of the future cake with cream and, if possible, level it with a culinary spatula or spatula. Actually, at this stage you can cover the entire cake with honey crumbs and the Honey cake will be ready, but I suggest going further. Place the cake in the refrigerator or freezer for 10-15 minutes (this is the minimum) so that the cream sets.
Let's also make an original decoration in the form of a honeycomb. To do this, we need bubble wrap, which comes in boxes when you buy bottled equipment. Cut a circle with a diameter of about 30 centimeters (a little more is possible), wash it thoroughly and dry it thoroughly - there should be no water! Place on a flat surface with the convex side up.
All people, sooner or later, think about their health. In the modern world, it is necessary to monitor your health from childhood, because a very large number of factors that negatively affect health have appeared in the environment. Therefore, the sooner you ask this question, the better for your well-being.
Here are some useful tips that will help you prolong your life.
1. Try to eat healthy foods
Avoid unhealthy and sometimes even dangerous foods. Don't eat fast food. Drink purified water; spring water is the best option. The minimum water requirement for a person is two liters per day. Boil water no more than once; when heated, water loses its beneficial properties and can even harm the human body. Don't forget that water promotes metabolism.
2. Healthy sleep
Sleep is the time when the human body builds new cells; during sleep we gain energy to accomplish our tasks. You should sleep at least eight hours, then you will be able to fully recover from the stress of the day. Before going to bed, take a walk in the fresh air and drink mild tea. It promotes healthy sleep and also helps with insomnia.
3. Spend more time outdoors
The body needs as much oxygen as possible to improve the circulatory system. Try to stay close to plants, they produce oxygen, which is necessary for all living beings.
4. Give up bad habits
Everyone already knows what a big negative impact alcohol and nicotine have. If you want to extend your life by several years, then you should not use these substances.
5. Play sports
Banal exercise in the morning will balance and tone your body. Start jogging in the morning, you don’t need to run long distances abruptly, run to the best of your ability, gradually increasing the distance.
6. Don't listen to loud music or TV
Sound waves have a strong effect on the human body, the result can be hearing impairment, even complete loss. If you like to listen to music, then buy high-quality headphones in the KEN store.
7. Avoid stressful situations
Take care of your nervous system, many complex diseases can begin from it. Try to rid yourself of fears, overcome it. Fear can cause major mental disorders.
8. Work on your consciousness, develop logical thinking, memory and coordination
Brain health is just as important as heart health. The ideal option for improving memory would be to read, learn poems and read interesting books. Play chess, this game perfectly develops logic.
9. Watch your posture, do not allow curvature of the spine
This disease has very serious consequences.
10. Hardening
Build a strong immune system. A good way would be to douse yourself with cool water in the morning, but do not start with very low temperatures, lower the temperature gradually.
Don't forget these rules, and you will be able to extend your life for years to come.
Everyone knows that health is a great value given to man by nature. A person’s well-being and longevity largely depend on its condition. It’s not for nothing that people say that health is the most important thing, and everything else will follow. But not everyone can maintain strong, good health.
The man is weak. Over the years of our lives, we often violate the rules of a healthy life, eat improperly, move little, and “acquire” bad habits. As a result, chronic diseases appear and premature old age sets in. Of course, often we cannot avoid some negative events in life. But we are quite capable of maintaining our health at the proper level and taking care of ourselves.
What factors contribute to the preservation, strengthening, and what is beneficial for human health? Let's talk about this:
Active lifestyle
Nature itself has instilled in humans the need to constantly move. The development of technology, the need for comfort, and innate laziness have freed people from the need to walk a lot, much less run. To and from work - transport, to the floor - elevator, working day - sitting at the computer. Well, your favorite sofa and your own TV await at home. Result: obesity, cardiovascular diseases, osteochondrosis, scoliosis, hemorrhoids, etc.
Adequate, regular sleep
For proper rest, a person needs normal, complete sleep. The state of the nervous system, and therefore the entire body as a whole, depends on the quality of rest. Experts recommend sleeping at least 8 hours at night. That's how long it takes to regain strength. If there is a need, an opportunity to rest for an hour during the day, be sure to do so.
Nutritious food
Our health directly depends on a balanced, healthy diet. After all, it is with food that most of the nutrients necessary for the normal functioning of the organs and systems of the body come. If the diet is inadequate and irregular, the immune system malfunctions and the body’s defenses are reduced. The result is vitamin deficiency, exhaustion, and the occurrence of various diseases.
Therefore, if your diet is not rich enough in vitamins, take the necessary vitamin complexes on your doctor’s advice.
Peace of mind
Harmony with oneself is necessary for human health. To do this, a person must be satisfied with his own life. Warm relationships in the family, a successful career, a favorite pastime are the key to normal functioning of the nervous system, and therefore to maintaining good health.
Try to relate more simply to life's troubles, troubles, and difficulties. Without them, life is impossible, so you need to overcome them, accept them as life experience, solve serious problems in a timely manner and continue to enjoy life.
Don't self-medicate!
Very often, feeling unwell, people take medications at their own discretion, not always paying attention to side effects and contraindications. And often, they don’t even know their own diagnosis. As a result, we treat one thing and cripple another, and health deteriorates significantly. Therefore, if you feel any malfunction in your body, if your health leaves much to be desired, consult a doctor in a timely manner. The doctor will prescribe you the medications you need.
Don't smoke, don't abuse alcohol!
Many people think that smoking and drinking alcohol on holidays are completely harmless needs and habits. Meanwhile, tobacco kills tens of thousands of people every month, and alcohol gradually destroys the liver and other organs. No less dangerous is passive smoking, when non-smokers and children inhale tobacco smoke. And I don’t even want to talk about how a drunk person behaves towards others. So get rid of bad habits. This will be beneficial not only for your health, but also for the health of your loved ones.
Strengthen your immunity!
To stay healthy into old age, eat well, exercise and get fit. Monitor the condition of the blood vessels and the entire circulatory system. Contrast showers, sun air baths, water procedures, swimming, massage are excellent for strengthening the immune system.
Laugh if you find it funny!
According to scientists, cheerful, smiling people live longer. Laughter prevents the synthesis of stress hormones and promotes the production of cells that protect the body from pathogens. In addition, a good, cheerful mood creates harmony between body and soul.
Disease Prevention
Visit your doctor regularly for the purpose. This will help detect the disease at an early stage and successfully treat it. It is known that chronic diseases that are not cured in time destroy the body. They require taking serious medications that often harm healthy organs. Therefore, all doctors pay a lot of attention to prevention.
Value yourself as a person, do not lower your own self-esteem. Take care of your health, maintain it. Try to follow the simple rules given here and be healthy!
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