Honey Cake with Cherries and Sour Cream Frosting
Description
The pastry is prepared simply and quickly. There are a huge number of honey cake lovers. And it is made in different interpretations: ryzhik with sour cream frosting, honey cake with banana, honey cake with raspberry and its strawberry counterpart. I offer another version of this amazing dessert — honey cake with cherries and, of course, with sour cream frosting. It is the sweet-and-sour cherry that harmonizes best with the sweet layers of honey cake. Thanks to the addition of honey, the cake layers will have a light spicy flavor. It can be served with tea or coffee.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare all the ingredients for making the cake.
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Step 2
Crack the eggs into a bowl and add sugar.
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Step 3
Beat the eggs with sugar using a whisk.
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Step 4
Put the butter and honey into a saucepan.
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Step 5
On the stove, heat the honey and butter until completely dissolved.
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Step 6
Add eggs with sugar to the butter and honey, and stir. Then add baking soda, place the saucepan on the stove, and keep it over low heat until the mixture starts to foam.
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Step 7
Pour the resulting mixture into a bowl and gradually add the flour.
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Step 8
Knead a fairly stiff, but not hard, elastic dough that does not stick to your hands.
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Step 9
Divide the dough into 7–8 parts and chill for 30 minutes.
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Step 10
Then roll the dough out into thin cake layers. Mine are 20 centimeters in diameter. Prick the layers with a fork.
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Step 11
Bake the cake layers in an oven preheated to 175–180 degrees. Each layer bakes for 5–6 minutes. But the time depends on your oven.
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Step 12
Mix the sour cream with powdered sugar. If your sour cream has a fat content of 30–35%, you can whip it. If it is 20–25%, it is better to just mix it; otherwise, you will get a liquid instead of a cream. Spread the cream over each cake layer.
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Step 13
Spread pitted cherries on the first and third cake layers. You can add more cherries, but that is a matter of taste.
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Step 14
Assemble the entire cake this way.
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Step 15
Crumble one cake layer into fine crumbs and sprinkle them over the top and sides of the cake.
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Step 16
You can decorate the cake. I drizzled it with melted chocolate and sprinkled it with colorful dragees.
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Step 17
Let the cake soak for a few hours, then it can be served.