The Medus kūka or Honey cake cake is a multi-layered cake with honey as its main ingredient – of course. It also has a creamy filling made from sour-cream between the layers. It is a sweet and delicious treat that goes very well served with an afternoon tea. The honey cake is one of the most popular desserts in Russia as well as the sourrounding countries. In Latvia you can find both traditional and very modern versions of the cake, which makes it even more attractive. It is one of my favorite childhood sweets and I’m happy that I finally managed to bake it. I hope that you will enjoy my recipe!
Honey cake
Yield: 12 portions
Ingredients:
Dough:
- 300ml honey
- 100g brown sugar
- 3 eggs
- ca. 600g flour – I used whole-wheat flour
- 120g butter
- 2 tea spoons baking soda
- 1 tea spoon apple vinegar
Cream
- 700g sour cream
- 500g light philadelphia cream
- 2 table spoons honey + some sugar
- 1 tea spoon vanilla extract
You can add some more sugar to the cream if you prefer a sweeter taste. Since I had used a lot of honey and sugar in the dough, I added less in the cream itself.