Honey Cake with Cottage Cheese Cream
Description
Delicious baked goods for the whole family. The advantage of this recipe is that instead of heavy cream for the frosting, we use cottage cheese and natural yogurt. Adjust the amount of yogurt; the frosting should be fluid but not runny.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients for the cake layers: 3 eggs, half a cup of sugar, 100 g butter, 3 tbsp honey, 1 tsp baking soda, and about 3.5 cups of flour.
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Step 2
We whisk the eggs and sugar together.
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Step 3
Add softened butter.
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Step 4
Add honey.
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Step 5
Place the bowl over a water bath, add the baking soda, and stir everything together.
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Step 6
When the mixture becomes uniform, darkens slightly, and foam appears, remove the bowl from the water bath.
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Step 7
Add the flour in portions and knead the dough.
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Step 8
Divide the ready dough into portions.
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Step 9
Each piece of dough is rolled out on parchment paper and cut to shape. The layers are baked at 200 °C for about 5 minutes.
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Step 10
Let the finished layers cool. Keep the dough scraps; later we'll crumble them and use them to sprinkle the cake.
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Step 11
Prepare the ingredients for the cream: cottage cheese, yogurt, 3 tbsp honey, a cup of sugar, and nuts.
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Step 12
Place the cottage cheese in a bowl, add honey, yogurt, and sugar. Mix everything.
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Step 13
Add chopped nuts to the cream.
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Step 14
Assemble the cake, alternating the layers with cream.
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Step 15
The tops, also, are well coated with cream.
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Step 16
The cake will soak for 4 hours. Then it can be sprinkled with crushed crumbs and decorated as you wish.
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Step 17
Honey cake with cottage cheese cream is ready.