Lush dough with a delicate honey aroma, layered with vanilla or nut cream - you can make all this yourself. The honey cake is suitable for holidays and for evening tea drinking. Read the recipe and start baking.
It is necessary
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- Dough:
- semolina (9 tablespoons);
- honey (300 g);
- eggs (8 pieces);
- shelled walnuts (200 g);
- lemon zest (1 tsp);
- cinnamon to taste.
- Vanilla cream:
- butter (100 g);
- milk (200 g);
- honey (1 tbsp. spoon);
- yolks (2 pieces);
- potato starch (1 tbsp. spoon);
- vanilla sugar to taste.
Instructions
Step 1
Dough.
Pass through a meat grinder or chop the walnut kernels in a blender. Divide the mass in half.
Step 2
Separate the whites from the yolks.
Step 3
Combine the honey and egg yolks in a bowl. Add the zest, some cinnamon and half the chopped walnuts. Beat the mixture with a mixer until foamy.
Step 4
Combine the semolina with the second half of the walnuts. Pour the mixture under the mixer blades one spoon at a time.
Step 5
Whisk the egg whites until stiff. Add them in portions to the dough, just like cereals.
Step 6
Prepare a cake pan. Line the bottom with baking paper. Grease the edges with butter and sprinkle with semolina.
Step 7
Pour the dough into a mold and place in the oven over medium heat. Do not open the oven door until the base is baked. Check readiness with a wooden skewer. Stick it into the cake and pull it out, the skewer should be dry.
Step 8
Cool the baked crust. Cut it into three layers. Spread cream on each piece and assemble the cake.
Step 9
Vanilla cream.
Pour milk into a mixing bowl, add yolks, starch and vanilla sugar. Whisk the resulting mass. Pour it into a low saucepan and set over low heat. Stir constantly with a spoon until the cream thickens and cooks. Turn off the fire.
Step 10
Rub the softened butter and honey with a tablespoon. Add them to the boiled cream. Whisk thoroughly until stiff. Cool and coat the cake.
