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Medovik

Russian honey cake: 8 thin honey layers and sour cream, covered in crumbs. Better the next day.

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Prép.
90 minutes
Cuisson
50 minutes
Total
15 hours
Pour
1 Medovik (ø20cm, 8 layers)

Components

Further Improvements

  • Not tried yet. Quantities from Cooking Gorgeous and Gimme Yummy, Wikipedia only describes the cake.

  • If the layers are still hard after 12 hours, use more cream between them.

Directions

  • Prepare the medovik layers.

  • Prepare the smetana cream.

  • Put a layer on a cake board and spread about 100g of cream on it.

  • Repeat with the other layers and finish with cream on top.

  • Cover the sides with the remaining cream.

  • Blend the trimmings into fine crumbs and press them all over the cake.

  • Let it rest in the fridge for at least 12 hours, the cream softens the layers.

Steps

1. Medovik Layers

Ingredients

  • 100g honey

  • 150g sugar

  • 80g butter

  • 1 tsp baking soda

  • 3 eggs

  • 450g flour

  • 1 pinch of salt

Directions

  • Melt the honey, sugar and butter in a bowl over a water bath.

  • Add the baking soda and whisk until it foams and turns amber, 2-3 minutes.

  • Off heat, let it cool down for 5 minutes and whisk in the eggs one by one.

  • Add the flour and salt little by little. The dough is soft and sticky, it firms up as it cools.

  • Divide it into 8 balls of about 115g and keep them covered so they don’t dry.

  • Roll each ball between two parchment sheets into a 2mm thick disc of about ø22cm.

  • Prick with a fork and bake at 180°C for 5-6 minutes until deep golden.

  • Right away, cut a ø20cm disc with a cercle or a plate as a guide and keep the trimmings. The layers get hard as they cool.

2. Smetana Cream

Ingredients

  • 400ml cold crème fleurette (30%+)

  • 100g icing sugar

  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

  • 500g sour cream (smetana), or crème fraîche épaisse

Directions

  • Whip the cream with the icing sugar and vanilla to firm peaks.

  • Fold in the sour cream gently.

  • If the sour cream is runny, drain it in a cheesecloth in the fridge for 1 hour first.

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