Latvian honey cake

Medovik is a traditional 8 layer honey cake from Russia, and truly one of a kind. It is soft, moist, with lots of caramely-nutty flavour, and just enough tang from the sour cream to beautifully balance out all that honey goodness.

This honey cake is so soft and fantastic. The honey baked into the cake layers pairs perfectly with the simple sour cream frosting. It will WOW your crowd!

16/02/2020 On a recent trip to Latvia, I was surprised to find such an amazing array of delicate, intricate and absolutely delicious cakes and patisserie. Honey layer cake definitely appeared to be…

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Russian Honey Cake is a thin layer cake made with raw honey and a sour cream frosting. This honey cake recipe can be made round or rectangular for a party size! My Ukrainian husband loves this Medovik Cake Recipe and this dessert is covered in the simplest cake decoration (leftover cake crumbs!)

Try your hand on this unique and flavorful honey cake! It's a true Latvian classic dessert that's bound to satisfy your sweet tooth cravings.

Known as a Lithuanian Torte or sometimes a Napoleon Torte, it is layer upon layer of flaky, delicate pastry, a vanilla custard tasting creamy filling and just a hint of apricot between some of the layers. To make this, be sure you plan for enough time. It is on average, at least 10-12 layers of pastry sandwiched between 10-12 more layers of filling with layer of filling and pastry crumbs on top. Each of the layers is rolled, pricked, baked and cooled one at a time so allow time to make the…

This Medovik cake is eight layers of honey goodness with creamy filling in between and adorned with caramel flames.

Here is another Lithuanian festive dish, the Honey Cake. This cake is very popular in Lithuania, they make it on very special occasions such as Christmas. Medaus Tortas is a 24 layer honey cake, 12 layers of honey biscuit dipped in black Earl Grey tea and 12 layers of lemony crème fraiche. This is the Lithuanian version of the Russian Medovnik (Honey Cake), which exists in many countries of the former USSR realm under various names. According to Russian tradition, the cake was created in the…

It comes as no surprise that the rich, sweet-yet-tangy medus torte disappears at most Latvian gatherings, however what I found surprising is that there are dozens of variants on the cake, not only among Latvian saimnieces, but from kitchens all across Europe. Recently variations on the theme have been popping up in the US, probably due to appearances on blogs such as Smitten Kitchen, where a Russian Honey Cake recipe appeared just a few months ago. Then you have the Lithuanian version…