Hello! Not happy with the cream!!! I often bake cakes; I made them with excellent, fresh sour cream and good butter. I prepared everything strictly according to the recipe, my expectations were higher than reality!!! But no matter, it was worth a try. I realized that my cream made from weighed sour cream with sugar and butter is much tastier than in a water bath. My mother was visiting me, she is a technologist and pastry chef, and she reassured me that the cream would cool down and perhaps become tastier. But! No miracle happened! Thanks for the new cream, but I’ll still use mine!!!)))
Irina 2 years ago
I just recently started getting acquainted with your blog. Very interesting, detailed and accessible written! Thanks a lot! Sour cream...magical, silky, delicate. Got it right the first time. I took 20% sour cream and weighed it for 14 hours. Out of 870g, I ended up with 510g of weighed sour cream. This cream is in no way comparable to regular sour cream!!!
Ksenia 2 years ago
Good afternoon) I am delighted with your blog!! Do you think this cream can be used with chocolate cakes (Dark Larry cake), I’m tired of making cream cheese, I want something new. and also, can you tell me what creams I can use and such sponge cakes, and so that they are more or less dense... or where you can read... Thanks in advance.
Housewives often search on the Internet for a recipe on how to make honey cake with sour cream at home. This cake is one of the most accessible and inexpensive options. sweet pastries. It is not required for its preparation. large quantities ingredients. Any housewife always has everything she needs. But the right combination of products makes the taste ready-made dish refined and delicate.
About the benefits of homemade baking
To bake a delicious homemade cake with sour cream, you don’t have to stand at the stove all day. You need to find a recipe that makes baking quick and easy. One of these options is everyone’s favorite honey cake. It got its name because it has a delicate honey aroma. The pleasant combination of honey dough and airy sour cream cream makes this dessert incredibly tasty; it literally melts in your mouth. In addition to honey cake, you can make other homemade cakes. For example, since Soviet times, the most popular options are:
But most often, housewives make honey cake, because the recipe is very simple, and if you wish, you can buy ready-made cakes, the taste will not suffer from this. Natural honey, which is part of the finished dessert, makes this sweet dish not only tasty, but also healthy. The same can be said about sour cream and butter, which are part of the cream: if these products are natural and contain not vegetable, but animal fats, the cake will be satisfying and nutritious.
You won't be able to gain weight after eating this dessert even if you want to. A person feels full after just one or two bites and doesn’t want any more. An appetizing honey cake can be an excellent breakfast; you just need to serve the dessert with tea, cocoa or hot milk. To make the cake even healthier and more nutritious, many housewives decorate it with fresh or compote fruits.
A homemade dessert prepared by a caring mother or grandmother will certainly please the main sweet tooth lovers - children.
Honey cake at home
Any novice housewife can easily cope with preparing honey cake, baking cakes and making cream. There are many recipes, the main thing is to find the simplest one. Essentially, a honey cake is a homemade cake with sour cream or other cream.
For preparation you will need:
- 130 g butter;
- a glass of sugar;
- 3 tablespoons honey;
- a teaspoon of soda;
- 2 eggs;
- 4 cups flour;
- 500 g sour cream and a glass of sugar for cream.
In order to prepare honey cake at home, you need:
- Mix melted margarine with honey and granulated sugar, heat the resulting mixture;
- Add soda or baking powder and heat in a water bath until the homogeneous mass turns white;
- Beat the eggs, stir well;
- Add flour and knead the dough. It doesn't have to be very stiff, but a batter won't do either. If it turns out runny, you can add a little more flour;
- Divide the resulting dough into eight parts, roll each part into a thin circle using a rolling pin, bake until golden brown. All circles should be approximately the same size;
- Place the finished cakes separately so that they do not stick together. You can lay them out on a clean white cloth or parchment paper folded in several layers;
- Prepare sour cream, butter or custard according to any recipe;
- Coat all the cakes with cream. The last cake, in addition to the cream, can be sprinkled with biscuit crumbs or grated milk chocolate, and decorated with any berries or fruits.
The finished dessert can be placed in the refrigerator overnight so that all the cakes are properly saturated with the filling.
Secrets of sour cream
To make the cake not only tasty, but also healthy, it is best to prepare the cream yourself. Many housewives use whipped cream for this. Indeed, this is a good option, because the taste is very delicate. But cream is quite high in calories, and industrial products may contain harmful additives. That's why best option cream - sour cream. Its classic recipe is quite simple and requires very few ingredients. Recipe for honey cake with homemade sour cream - undoubtedly best recipe preparing this dessert.
There are many options for sour cream, the simplest of which is sour cream whipped with granulated sugar. But there is more interesting option, when butter and a pinch of aromatic vanillin or vanilla sugar are added to the same ingredients. Here are a few secrets of delicious cream:
The cream should not be too liquid, otherwise it will not be possible to make spectacular jewelry from it. Also, too liquid a mass will spread over the cakes and will not be absorbed into the dough.
Cake decoration
Baking from biscuit dough with cream is convenient because it can be decorated in different ways depending on the desire and imagination of the hostess. To do this, you can use special confectionery devices from which the cream is squeezed onto the surface of the cake in the form of various intricate shapes. If the housewife is preparing a honey cake with sour cream, you need to find step by step recipe, which offers possible options decor of the finished product.
Here are some interesting design options:
- Decorate the finished dessert with figures made from food mastic or marzipan;
- Sprinkle the surface of the cake with a mixture of grated bitter (dark) and milk (light brown) chocolate;
- Make an original inscription from cream that matches the situation, for example: “Happy Wedding Day”, “Happy Angel’s Day”, “Happy New Year”. This can be done by squeezing the cream onto the surface from a pastry tube;
- Using the same tube, decorate the top cake with “borders” in the form of wavy or zigzag lines, draw different curls and flowers.
You can decorate baked goods with finely chopped pieces of colored marmalade or sprinkle with decorative multi-colored sprinkles, which are often used when decorating cupcakes and Easter cakes.
"Lazy" dessert option
In order to make a delicious cake, you don’t have to bake the cakes yourself; you can buy ready-made ones. They are sold in any stores and supermarkets, in confectionery departments. To make a delicious cake with sour cream, you just need to prepare this cream according to the classic recipe and coat the finished cakes with it, and then put the dish in the refrigerator overnight to soak.
In terms of taste, if everything is done correctly, this option is in no way inferior to a cake with homemade dough, since store-bought cakes are made according to the same recipe. The only difference is that preservatives are added to them so that the cakes can be stored for a long time, but these additives do not affect taste qualities ready dessert.
Before buying cakes, you should pay attention to ensure that they do not break or crumble. It is best to shape the cake on a flat wooden cutting board. It should be wide enough. If you don’t have such a board, you can simply cover the surface of the table with clean parchment baking paper in several layers. First, the first cake is carefully placed on the table surface, then it is thoroughly coated with cream.
It is necessary to coat the entire surface of the cake, including the corners, otherwise the finished cake will taste a little dry. Next, the next one is placed on the greased cake, and this work continues. For spreading, it is best to use a flat wooden spatula or an ordinary tablespoon. The penultimate cake layer is also thoroughly greased, and the last one can be crumbled into small pieces and sprinkled with crispy, delicious crumbs over the finished dessert. You shouldn't use waffle cakes; they don't go well with sour cream.
The finished dessert can be decorated with fresh fruit, as well as frozen or fresh wild berries. Raspberries, strawberries or large red currants, as well as orange or tangerine slices, work well.
Baking honey cake at home according to a classic recipe is a great way to please your family and friends. This cake will be a wonderful gift for... New Year or for any family celebration. The main thing is to choose high-quality products for baking and do not be lazy to whip the cream so that it turns out to be as airy as possible and melts in your mouth. Then those who do not like sour cream will practically not feel its specific taste. Of course, you can buy a honey cake in a store in a cardboard box, but such a cake is unlikely to be beneficial for your health and figure.
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Yesterday at once again I was preparing a cake, and today I’m sharing the recipe and impressions. This is a version of honey cake, but not a classic one and, to be honest, I really liked it from the first try. If you haven't made this before, I highly recommend trying it. You can experiment a lot with it, adding various fruits, berries or nuts. Let's get started.
To prepare the Honey cake with sour cream, prepare the ingredients according to the list.
Place honey, sugar, sour cream, egg, soda in a saucepan. Stir, add oil and place the pan in a water bath. Stirring occasionally, keep in the bathhouse for 20 minutes, the mass becomes foamy.
Let it cool a little and add the warm flour, mix well, I trust this process to the food processor.
The consistency of the dough for “Medovik” with sour cream is as in the photo, you want to add more flour, but there is no need to do this. Refrigerate the dough for 15 minutes, during which time it will cool down and become denser.
In the meantime, you can start preparing the sour cream.
Beat sour cream with sugar until creamy. If you took sour cream with a fat content of 30%, then the cream should turn out as in the photo, not liquid. Do not beat the sour cream so that it does not turn into butter.
Divide the chilled dough into 6 parts. Roll each part into a circle 3 mm thick and cut it onto a plate.
Poke holes with a fork.
Bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 6-8 minutes(!)
After baking, the cakes should remain soft - not dry or browned. We also bake the scraps from the cakes - they are needed for sprinkling.
Let's start assembling the Honey Cake. Grease the cooled cakes with sour berry jam.
Then add a layer of cream. To taste and desire, you can add cherries or other chopped fruits.
Grind the scraps into crumbs and sprinkle them over the cake.
Place the cake in the refrigerator to soak. If you did not dry out the cakes during baking, the cake will be soaked in a few hours.
“Honey cake” with sour cream is ready! You can start tasting...
Good luck with your baking)
And enjoy your tea!
Step 1: mix sugar, butter and honey.
First, put a deep saucepan half filled with regular running water on medium heat. Bring the liquid to a boil - this will be a water bath.Then put the required amount of butter, sugar and honey into a deep bowl. After some time, place it on a pan of boiling water.
Stirring the products with a tablespoon, melt them until the granulated sugar is completely dissolved.
When they reach a homogeneous liquid consistency, add them to the bowl. baking soda. Cook the mixture in a water bath for another minute.
Step 2: prepare the dough.
Then, using a kitchen towel, remove the bowl from the water bath, place it on the kitchen counter and add chicken eggs.
Mix very quickly whisk them with the “honey” mixture until smooth. Then add sifted wheat flour to these products. 
Knead into a thick, slightly sticky dough. Cover the bowl with plastic cling film and put it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
Step 3: form the cake layers.
In 30 minutes turn on and preheat the oven up to 200 degrees Celsius.
Then we cover half of the kitchen table with a sheet of baking paper and sprinkle it with a thin layer of wheat flour, and also sprinkle the other half of the tabletop with flour.
We take the dough out of the refrigerator, spread it on flour and divide it into 8 - 9 equal parts using a metal kitchen spatula. 
Take a portion of the dough, place it in the middle of the baking sheet and roll it out with a rolling pin into a thick round layer up to 2 - 3 millimeters.
Then we place a regular lid from a large pan on the rolled out dough and use a knife to cut off the excess pieces of semi-finished flour, thus forming smooth circle.
We put the dough scraps aside; they will be needed later.
Step 4: bake the cake layers.
We drag the baking paper with the flour layer onto a non-stick baking sheet and place it in the preheated oven. for 4 - 5 minutes.
Cakes cook very quickly, so baking time may vary depending on the temperature and type of stove. While the first cake base is baking, form the second base in the same way.
After 4 - 5 minutes We put oven mitts on our hands, take the baking sheet out of the oven and place it on a cutting board that was previously placed on the countertop.
Carefully lift the finished crust with a kitchen spatula and transfer it to a metal wire rack. 
We remove a sheet of baking paper from the baking sheet, drag a second sheet with a raw flour layer onto it and put it back in the oven. If the oven is large, you can bake 2 - 3 layers at the same time.
By the end of cooking the cakes, there will be a small piece of dough left - trimmings. Roll them into a ball, also roll them out and bake 5 - 6 minutes until dark beige.
Place the cake base on a cutting board and cover with a kitchen towel, leaving a small gap of 10 - 12 centimeters. This must be done so that they do not dry out.
We place the last layer of baked “scraps” of dough on the kitchen table, crush it into crumbs with a rolling pin and transfer it to a deep plate.
Step 5: prepare the cream.
The cakes are ready, it’s time to start preparing the cream. Place rich sour cream in a deep bowl, add granulated sugar and place it under the mixer blades.
Turn on the kitchen appliance at low speed and start mixing the products. Gradually increase the mixer speed until high level and beat the sour cream until the sugar grains are completely dissolved.
It will take approximately 15 - 20 minutes, taking into account that the kitchen appliance will “rest” during this time 2 - 3 times for 2 minutes.
Step 6: Form the cake.
Now we place one cake base on a large flat dish and grease it with a generous portion of cream along the entire perimeter, two or three tablespoons will be enough.
Then place the second honey cake on the layer of cream, lightly press it with the palms of your hands and apply cream on it again.
We form the cake until all the cakes are finished.
Then grease the sides of the dessert with cream.
And sprinkle the “sweet miracle” on all sides with crumbs from baked dough scraps. Place the dessert in the refrigerator for a couple of hours to soak.
Step 7: serve the Honey cake with sour cream.
Honey cake with sour cream is served chilled. Before serving, it is cut into 8-12 portions and placed on dessert plates.
It is a pleasure to savor this delicacy with hot tea, coffee, warm milk or cocoa. Tasty, fast and inexpensive!
Bon appetit!
If desired, each greased layer of the cake can be sprinkled with chopped nuts or steamed dried fruits: dried apricots, prunes, raisins, dried strawberries and much more.
Sometimes vanilla sugar is added to the dough or cream; this spice gives the finished product a more refined, rich aroma.
Instead of a sprinkle of dough scraps, you can use crushed cookies, nuts, chocolate, chopped dried fruit or oatmeal.
Instead of baking soda, you can use 2 packets of baking powder.