Cake
Description
Homemade pastry for tea. It is believed that the author of this cake is a certain Gevorg Avetisyan – the owner of a café who prepared the cake according to an ancient Armenian recipe. He named it after his daughter. Whether that is true or not is no longer important. The main thing is that the cake is truly very tasty, delicate and soft. Literally melting in the mouth. At the same time it is quite inexpensive, which is also good. The recipe is simple, although you will have to put in some effort, as with any cake. But you won’t regret it Baking is ready. Serve at the table.
Instructions
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Step 1
For making the “Marlena” cake, take the following ingredients: honey, eggs, flour, butter, baking soda, milk, sugar, boiled condensed milk.
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Step 2
Prepare the dough for the layers. Put butter and sugar into a bowl.
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Step 3
Add honey.
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Step 4
Continuously stirring, melt the honey, sugar, and butter in a double boiler.
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Step 5
Neutralize the baking soda with lemon juice or vinegar. Add it to the dough.
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Step 6
Add the eggs and whisk well.
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Step 7
Sprinkle ground cinnamon.
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Step 8
Gradually add the flour.
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Step 9
Knead the dough to a consistency like thin sour cream. It should not be very liquid, but also not too thick.
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Step 10
Divide the dough into five parts. I got three heaping tablespoons each. Place a portion of the dough into a skillet or baking pan lined with parchment paper and spread it into an even layer.
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Step 11
Bake in the oven at 175‑180°C for 10 minutes. That will be enough for the first layer. The remaining layers will bake faster. Though it all depends on your oven.
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Step 12
Trim the ready layers.
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Step 13
Make the custard. For this, pour the milk into a heavy-bottomed saucepan. Place it on the stove. Separately, in a bowl, mix two yolks, 50 g of sugar and three tablespoons of flour. Add a few tablespoons of cold milk and stir. There should be no lumps. When the milk begins to boil, pour the prepared mixture into it. Constantly stirring, bring the custard to a thickened consistency. Then cool it.
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Step 14
Add boiled condensed milk to the pastry cream.
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Step 15
Whisk the cream with a mixer – done. Put it in the cold.
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Step 16
Spread the layers with cream.
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Step 17
Make crumbs from the leftover cake layers and sprinkle them over the cake.
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Step 18
Decorate the cake to your liking. I drizzled it with melted chocolate.
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Step 19
The pastry is ready. Serve with tea.