Directions: 

• Leave 1 stick of unsalted butter (8 Tablespoons) out on the counter top so it becomes softened and will be ready to make cream.
• Preheat your oven to 350F.
• If you haven’t already made a can of dulce de leche, do so now. It takes 2 hours to boil so better get on that as soon as possible. Here is the a link to the instructions for it in case you don’t fill like scrolling up to click on the link there. Recipe for Dulce de Lutche
• Beat whipping cream in a bowl with 1 tablespoon of sugar until it becomes stiff. Put in refrigerator. (You could also use cool whip for this, but it’s much healthier to whip up your own whipped cream)

The Cake: 

• Beat together 3 large eggs and 1 cup of sugar in a mixer. You could use a stand mixer or hand mixer, either one works.

• Add to the mixing bowl 2 tablespoons of honey. (Use your favorite kind of honey.)
• In a separate little shallow plate mix 1 teaspoon of baking soda and 1 teaspoon of lemon juice. This will start to foam up fast. Add to the mixing bowl.

• On lowest speed, mix in 1 1/2 cups of flour. Mix well together.

• Spray your cake pans with Pam or whatever you use for cake not to stick while baking (I used 8″ pans).
• Spread a thin layer of batter and bake fore 7 minutes. (with 8″ pans I made 4 layers total).

Now the cream:

• In a mixing bowl beat the 1 stick (8 tablespoons) softened unsalted butter. 
• Add 1 can of dulce de leche. Mix well together.

• Next, add the already whipped cream to the dule de leche mixture and beat well. 

• Take a small bowl or shallow plate add 1 teaspoon of sugar and cup of water.

• Now spread the cream on one cake layer and top with another cake layer.
• With a teaspoon, soak the cake layer with the sugar water. It will make your cake moist. Now spread cream.
• Continue soaking each layer with sugar water and spreading cream until finished. 
• Spread cream all around the cake.
• Chop pecans and sprinkle any way you wish.
• Refrigerate cake until read to serve.

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Simple Honey Cake

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Course Dessert

Cuisine Russian

Servings 10

Calories 379 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 3 large eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 Tbsp honey
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 1 ½ cups flour
• 8 Tbsp unsalted butter softened
• 8 oz whipping cream
• 1 can dulce de leche prepared ahead of time
• ½ cup pecans chopped
• 1 tsp sugar for sugar water

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Prepare dulce de leche.
• Beat the whipping cream in a bowl with 1 Tablespoon of sugar until it gets stiff peaks. Transfer to the fridge until ready to use.

For the cake:

• Beat together 3 large eggs and 1 cup of sugar in a hand or stand mixer.
  
• Add to the mixing bowl 2 tablespoons honey.
• In a separate shallow bowl or plate, mix 1 teaspoon baking soda and 2 teaspoon lemon juice. Once it has started to foam up, add to the mixing bowl.
  
• On the lowest speed, mix in 1 ½ cups of flour and mix well together.
  
• Butter your cake pans and spread a thin layer of batter.
  
• Bake for 7 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
  

For the cream:

• In a mixing bowl beat 8 tablespoons softened unsalted butter. Add in dulce de leche and combine well together.
• Add in the already whipped cream to the dulche de leche mixture and beat well.
  
• Take a small bowl or shallow plate. Mix 1 teaspoon of sugar and a cup of water.
• Soak the first layer of cake with the sugar water. It will make your cake moist. Spread cream over the layer and top with another cake layer.
• Continue soaking each layer with sugar water and spreading cream until finished.
• Spread cream all around the cake.
  
• Chop pecans and sprinkle over the cake.
• Refrigerate until ready to serve.
  

Notes

I used 8″ cake pans for this recipe and ended up making 4 layers.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Simple Honey Cake

Amount Per Serving

Calories 379 Calories from Fat 207

% Daily Value*

Fat 23g35%

Saturated Fat 12g75%

Cholesterol 105mg35%

Sodium 155mg7%

Potassium 76mg2%

Carbohydrates 41g14%

Fiber 1g4%

Sugar 26g29%

Protein 5g10%

Vitamin A 689IU14%

Vitamin C 1mg1%

Calcium 31mg3%

Iron 1mg6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Keyword butter, cake, honey, lemon juice, pecan, russian cake, russian dessert, sweet, whipping cream

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