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The Best Russian Honey Cake sliced cake on a white platter with a cake in background with a yellow and white dotted towl , whisk and honey in a white container on a black tabletop.

The Best Russian Honey Cake


  • Total Time: 2 hours 35 minutes
  • Yield: 1 Large Cake 1x

Description

The Best Russian Honey Cake

The Best Russian Honey Cake you can ever have! This beautiful buttery 6 layers of cake tastes like caramelized honey butter Graham Crackers and sweet biscuits. The vanilla cream has a delicious fluffy light texture that has a balanced tanginess from the sour cream topped with a crumbled biscuit finish. As a result, your taste buds will love you after one bite!


Ingredients

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Dough

  • 2 cups all-purpose Flour
  • 1/2 cup Sugar
  • 4oz unsalted Butter
  • 3 Eggs
  • 2.4 teaspoons Baking Soda

Whipped Cream

  • 1 cup Powdered Sugar
  • 3 teaspoons Honey
  • 1 cup heavy Whipping Cream
  • 3 cups Sour Cream

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375­­­­°. Start to melt butter over a double boiler of water on medium heat. Mix in sugar with melted butter and honey. Gradually add one egg to the sugar and butter mixture and stir consistently on medium heat. Remove from the fire and allow this to cool off.

  2. Add baking soda and gradually add your sifted flour to your mixture. Knead your dough and add flour until your dough forms into a ball and has a semi-sticky texture. Form dough into a loaf and cut into 6 equal pieces. Start to roll out each piece on a floured parchment paper about 12″ x 10″ 1/4″ thickness. Place a towel over the extra pieces of dough as you work. This will allow it not to dry out.

  3. Cut your dough in either a round 8″ diameter or a rectangular form at 12″ x 8″ long. We cut ours in a round 8″ in diameter shape in this recipe. Remove extra dough trimmings from each dough combine and place them in plastic wrap. Bake each layer for 5-8 minutes until it is lightly browned.

  4. After baking each layer, roll out extra dough trimmings about 1/8″ in thickness and bake for 8-10 minutes. This piece should be baked longer to achieve a darker more burnt taste to it, of course, don’t burn it!

  5. Cream Frosting – Add cold heavy cream to a bowl and set your mixer on medium-high speed until frothy and fluffy. In a separate bowl add sour cream, and powdered sugar and mix. Fold in your heavy whipped cream into a sour cream mixture gently. Place this into the fridge and chill for 1/2 hour.

  6. After the dough trimmings have baked, allow to cool off and place trimmings (darker pieces of dough) into a food processor and pulse until a fine grind. Place 1 spoon of frosting in the center of the cake dish and place one of your layers down. Spread a very light amount of cream about 1/4″-1/8″ in-between each layer. Continue to do this with each layer. Cream the top and the sides with a light frosting and sprinkle the cake crumble gently on the sides and top of the cake with your hand. Allow your cake to chill in the fridge overnight or up to 2 days for best-tasting results and enjoy!

Notes

The original recipe asks to burn the butter and the honey before placing them into the sugar. I prefer not to but it’s up to you. If you want to burn the butter, place it in a pan and occasionally stir over medium heat until golden brown. Completely cool off before stirring in your eggs.

*** Our Nutrition information is estimated, so please make sure to check your own calculation to fit your diet.

  • Prep Time: 2 Hours
  • Cook Time: 35
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Oven Baked
  • Cuisine: European

Keywords: russian honey cake, cake, cake crumble, sweet dessert