Lazy honey cake without rolling cakes

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   So, first prepare the necessary ingredients. Remove the butter from the refrigerator in advance so that it has time to soften.

2. Step 2:

   

   Put soft butter, honey, sugar (or a sweetener that is not afraid of heat treatment) and baking soda in a saucepan. Put it on low heat.

3. Step 3:

   

   Cook for about 5 minutes with constant stirring. Honey will react with soda and begin to foam. Then remove the mass from the heat and let it cool.

4. Step 4:

   

   Pour the mixture into another container. When it cools down, add the eggs, pour in the milk at room temperature, add salt, vanilla sugar and flour. Be sure to sift the flour to saturate it with oxygen, then the baking will rise well when baking. Instead of vanilla sugar, you can take vanilla on the tip of a knife. Be careful with its dosage, because if you overdo it with vanilla, the taste of baking will be spoiled.

5. Step 5:

   

   The consistency of the dough should be smooth, without lumps, resemble thick sour cream.

6. Step 6:

   

   Take a heat-resistant rectangular shape with high sides (I have 25 by 25 cm). Lubricate the bottom and sides with refined vegetable oil with a high smoking temperature or cover with oiled paper. Put in an oven preheated to 180 degrees in advance (10-20 minutes before cooking). Bake the cake for about 30-40 minutes.

7. Step 7:

   

   Here is such a lush cake I got, as in the photo. Check its readiness with a wooden skewer. Pierce the pastry with it in several places, if the skewer comes out dry, then it's ready. Take out the mold and leave the cake to cool, do not remove it from the container, so as not to break it.

9. Step 8:

   

   Cut the cooled cake lengthwise into 4 parts. The top of the biscuit can be carefully cut off, crumbled and slightly dried in the oven. Such a crumb is useful for sprinkling a cake.

10. Step 9:

    

    For the cream, take thick, fatty sour cream 20-30%. Add powdered sugar, a pinch of vanilla and mix.

11. Step 10:

    

    Smear the cakes with sour cream, stacking them on top of each other.

12. Step 11:

    

    Also coat the top and sides of the cake with cream.

13. Step 12:

    

    For decoration in the center, you can install a small mold in the form of a heart. Sprinkle around the prepared biscuit crumbs. The heart should remain white.

14. Step 13:

    

    Put the cake in the refrigerator overnight. During this time, it will be well soaked with cream, infused, become soft and juicy. The next morning, you can help yourself by serving a treat with tea or coffee.