3 Honey Cake Recipes
3 honey cake recipes for honey lovers. There are many different types of honey cakes out there. Here I bring you three recipes for my favorite honey cakes; honeycomb cake (beehive cake) – a beautiful and unique cake that will impress everyone with its amazing pattern, medovik cake – Russian honey layer cake and ricotta and honey cheesecake for the diversification. Now all you have to do is choose your favorite honey cake and run to the kitchen.
3 Honey Cake Recipes
Ingredients
Honeycomb Cake:
For the cake:
- 2 cups + 1 Tbp. 260g Flour
- 1½ teaspoons Baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon Baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- ¼ cup 50g Sugar
- â…” cup 225g Honey
- ½ cup 120ml Oil
- 1 cup 240ml Tea
- 2 Eggs
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon Cinnamon optional
For the syrup:
- 5 tablespoons 75ml Water
- 4 tablespoons 80g Honey
Medovik - Russian Honey Cake:
For the cake layers:
- 7 tablespoons 100g Butter
- 4 tablespoons 80g Honey
- 1 teaspoon 5g Baking soda
- 3½ cups 450g Flour
- 3 Eggs
- ¾ cup 150g Sugar
For the cream:
- 2¼ cups 515g Sour cream
- 1 cup 240ml Heavy cream
- 1½ cups 190g Powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
Ricotta and Honey Cheesecake:
For the crust:
- 7 oz 200g Biscuits/Graham crackers
- 1½ oz 50g Ground almonds
- 7 tablespoons 100g butter, melted
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
For the filling:
- 2 pounds 900g Ricotta cheese, fresh
- ½ cup 120ml heavy cream
- ¾ cup 250g Honey
- Zest from one lemon
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons 15g Cornstarch
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla extract
- 4 Eggs
Instructions
- DIRECTIONSHoneycomb Cake:
- Preheat oven to 340F (170C). Spray the honeycomb mold with cooking oil and set aside.
- In a large bowl whisk eggs and sugar, whisk until combined.
- Add oil, honey, salt, vanilla extract and whisk until combined. Add tea and whisk until combined.
- Sift in flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and stir just until incorporated.
- Pour the batter into prepared pan.
- Bake for 40-45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Allow to cool slightly, then release from the mold.
- Meanwhile make the syrup: in a small bowl whisk hot water and honey. Set aside.
- When cake is ready, drizzle with the syrup.
- Allow to cool before serving.
- Preheat oven to 325°F (160°C).
- In a food processor or Ziploc bag crush cookies into fine crumbs. Add ground almond and melted butter and pulse until combined. Press into bottom of 9-inch (23cm) springform pan. Bake for 7-8 minutes. Set aside while making the filling.
- In a large bowl place ricotta, honey and salt. Beat until incorporated and smooth. Add heavy cream, lemon juice, lemon zest and vanilla extract, beat until combined. add cornstarch and beat until combined. Add eggs, one at the time, beating to combine after each addition. Do not over beat.
- Place the pan on a large piece of foil, and fold the foil up the sides of the pan. Pour the filling over the crust. Place the pan inside a roasting pan. Fill the roasting pan with enough hot water to go halfway up the sides of the springform pan. Bake the cheesecake for 50-60 minutes, until the edge is set but the center jiggles slightly. Turn off the heat and leave it another hour in the oven. Let cool to room temperature for one hour, then refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
- Release chilled cheesecake from the pan and serve.