Honey cake with sour cream classic

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make honey cake with sour cream? Start making a cake by baking cakes. How to make cakes? Prepare the products according to the list. Choose natural, high-quality honey. Butter should also be of high quality, corresponding to GOST. Pre-sift the flour.

2. Step 2:

   

   Take a bowl that can be put on a water bath — metal or fire-resistant glass. Break the eggs into it, add sugar and whisk until light. You can not use a mixer, but a whisk.

3. Step 3:

   

   Add butter, honey and soda to the beaten eggs. Do not extinguish the soda!

4. Step 4:

   

   Put a pot of water for a water bath on medium heat and bring the water in it to a boil.

5. Step 5:

   

   Put a bowl of food on the pan. Make the fire small.

6. Step 6:

   

   Cook the mass for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. The oil should melt completely. The mixture will double in volume.

7. Step 7:

   

   As soon as this happens, remove the bowl from the pan. Pour the pre-sifted flour into it in portions. Do not pour all at once, it is better to do it gradually, stirring the lumps well and watching the consistency of the dough. It should become completely homogeneous and not steep, but soft. The dough will remain a little sticky, so it is necessary, do not try to add more flour, the cakes may become stiff.

8. Step 8:

   

   Put the dough on the table, sprinkled with flour, and form a ball out of it.

9. Step 9:

   

   Next, divide the ball into 8 lumps.

10. Step 10:

    

    Take one lump and roll it out with a rolling pin on a piece of parchment baking paper into a circle. It's not a big deal if it doesn't turn out to be smooth, we'll cut it off later. Do not forget to sprinkle the paper and rolling pin with flour so that they do not stick to the dough.

12. Step 11:

    

    Prick the cake with a fork over the entire surface so that it does not swell when baking.

13. Step 12:

    

    Bake the cake in the oven, preheated to 180 degrees, until golden brown. I had dark honey, so the cakes are more caramel, they didn't burn) Cakes are baked quickly, about 3-4 minutes. While one cake is being baked, roll out the other, and so on one after the other. Cool the hot cake slightly and carefully remove it from the paper without breaking it. Cooled it is more fragile.

14. Step 13:

    

    So bake all 8 cakes. Then cut off the cooled cakes, putting a plate of suitable size on top. Do not throw away the trimmings, we will make crumbs from them for sprinkling.

15. Step 14:

    

    The cakes are ready, take care of the cream. How to make a cream? Prepare the products for him. Take the sour cream fatter. You can pre-weigh it in a linen napkin overnight. Then the sour cream will turn out even thicker. I have vanilla sugar with natural vanilla, so it's black.

16. Step 15:

    

    Whisk sour cream with sugar to a fluffy homogeneous mass, sugar crystals should not be felt on the taste.

17. Step 16:

    

    Assemble the cake by smearing each cake with cream.

18. Step 17:

    

    Lubricate the top and sides as well.

19. Step 18:

    

    Chop the trimmings well into crumbs, you can do it directly with your hands, they are very fragile.

20. Step 19:

    

    Sprinkle the top and sides of the cake with crumbs. Before serving, put the cake in the refrigerator for a few hours, the cakes will be soaked with cream, it will become softer and tastier.