Lithuanian ‘Honey Cake’

Name: Lithuanian ‘Honey Cake’
Cuisine: European, Eastern European
Ingredients: 250 g of honey; 200 g butter; 2 tbl spoonfuls of cinnamon , cloves, nutmeg mixture(All Spice) + 1tbsp cinnamon; 100 g of soft light brown sugar; 100 g of brown muscovado sugar; 2 tablespoons sour cream; 2 eggs; 750 g flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder; Pinch of fine sea salt; 1200ml 30 % sour cream (if using double cream might want to increase lemon amount to 2 to give it more sharpness); 1 lemon zest and juice; 100 g of sugar; 2 tbl spoonfuls of cinnamon , cloves, nutmeg mixture(All Spice) + 1tbsp cinnamon

12 steps

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 05:13:14 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Nutrition per serving

Calories8236.5 kcal (412%)

Total Fat371.7 g (531%)

Carbs1142.7 g (439%)

Sugars536.5 g (596%)

Protein116.9 g (234%)

Sodium1648.3 mg (82%)

Fiber29.7 g (106%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Instructions

Step 1

Firstly preheat the oven to 180’C

Step 2

Choose large chefs ring or a plate around 9in diameter (or the size you wish)

Step 3

Sieve the flour and baking powder in the large bowl and set aside

Step 4

In a heavy base pot combine butter, sugar, honey and place on on a medium heat. Heat it trough mixing in constantly until sugar has dissolved. Don’t let it boil. Add the spices and salt and whisk in well. Take the pot off the heat, whisk in the eggs and and crème fraiche.

Step 5

Pour all mix on to the flour and mix well with a wooden spoon until all combined and not too sticky. Separate in to 6 parts and refrigerate the dough at least an hour.

Step 6

Take one peace at a time, flour the surface and roll out around 3mm thickness sheet, cut our the rings and bake in the preheated oven on the baking paper covered baking tray until golden brown- around 5-7 minutes. Take them gently off the parchment paper and let cool on wire rack.While the cookies baking, roll out other piece of dough and continue with the process until all dough been used and cookies are baked.

Step 7

Now, prepare your cream, using an electric whisk mix the crème fraiche with grated lemon zest, confectioners sugar and lemon juice. This cream is rather subjective so start with less sugar and lemon juice and adjust along the way to your taste. It should have a light sweet-sour note.

Step 8

To assemble the cake, layer each with cream (don’t be modest), don’t press the layers directly when layering as all cream will go out, let them soak up the cream. And when I place cookies, I do one good side up, and the next one up side down, so the cream will not leak and layers will look even. Then cover the sides and the top of the cake with cream and finish with crumbled leftover cookie pieces. Let the cake rest at least 1-2 days in the fridge to get the best results.

Step 9

Enjoy!

Step 10

Is it 2 tablespoons each of Cinnamon, Cloves, Nutmeg and then an additional tablespoon of Cinnamon? So 7 tablespoons total? Or 2 tablespoons comprised of cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg and then an additional tablespoon of just cinnamon?

Step 11

Sorry for the confusion, yes, you are right- 2tbsp of mix of all spices combined.

Step 12

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