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Easy Honey Cake Recipe

easy honey cake recipe

This Easy Honey Cake Recipe is one of the simplest cake recipes. It doesn’t fall short of the classic honey cake in terms of taste and tenderness, but it’s much easier and faster to prepare. There’s no need to roll out individual layers; instead, we prepare a batter that is poured as a single layer into a baking pan and later cut into the cake layers. The entire process, from baking to assembling, takes a maximum of 2 hours. You can prepare it in the evening, and by morning, your family will already be enjoying a delicious honey cake with sour cream frosting.

You can add any filling you want: prunes, bananas, raspberries, nuts, homemade salted caramel, etc., or you can add nothing at all, it will still be delicious.

Ingredients:

For the cake layers

  • eggs
  • sugar
  • honey
  • all-purpose flour
  • cocoa powder
  • salt
  • baking soda

For the frosting

  • sour cream 30% fat (you can use crème fraîche)
  • sugar

Instructions:

  1. Turn on the oven to preheat to 180°C (355°F).
  2. Beat eggs with sugar until fluffy and white.
  3. Add honey (if you have candied honey, melt and cool it before adding it), mix.
  4. Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking soda into the egg and honey mixture, add salt, and mix well.
  5. Pour the dough onto a baking sheet covered with parchment and spread it into an even, thin layer. Bake at 180°C (355°F) for about 20-25 minutes, check for doneness with a toothpick.
  6. Beat sour cream with sugar until fluffy.
  7. Cut the cooled cake into several equal parts (I got 4 squares and some scraps for decoration).
  8. Cover the cake layers with frosting and put one on top of the other, add the filling between the layers if desired. Cover the whole cake with the remaining frosting.
  9. Dry the remaining scraps in the oven and grind them into crumbs.
  10. Sprinkle the honey cake with the crumbs. Put the cake in the refrigerator to soak for at least 4 hours.

If you try this recipe, I’d love to hear how it turned out! Share your experience or any creative twists you made in the comments below. Let me know if you have any questions. Your feedback helps me create even more delicious content. Enjoy your homemade treat and happy baking!

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Serves: 1 cake Cooking Time: 2 hours + time for chilling

Ingredients

  • For the cake layers:
  • 5 eggs
  • 150 g (3/4 cup) sugar
  • 180 g (1/2 cup + 2 tbsp) honey
  • 340 g (2 3/4 cups) all-purpose flour
  • 20 g (3 tbsp) cocoa powder
  • a pinch of salt
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • For the frosting:
  • 500 g (2 cups) sour cream, 30% fat (or crème fraîche)
  • 150 g (3/4 cup) sugar

Instructions

1

Turn on the oven to preheat to 180°C (355°F).

2

Beat eggs with sugar until fluffy and white.

3

Add honey (if you have candied honey, melt and cool it before adding it), mix.

4

Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking soda into the egg and honey mixture, add salt, and mix well.

5

Pour the dough onto a baking sheet covered with parchment and spread it into an even, thin layer. Bake at 180°C (355°F) for about 20-25 minutes, check for doneness with a toothpick.

6

Beat sour cream with sugar until fluffy.

7

Cut the cooled cake into several equal parts (I got 4 squares and some scraps for decoration).

8

Cover the cake layers with frosting and put one on top of the other, add the filling between the layers if desired. Cover the whole cake with the remaining frosting.

9

Dry the remaining scraps in the oven and grind them into crumbs.

10

Sprinkle the honey cake with the crumbs. Put the cake in the refrigerator to soak for at least 4 hours.

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