Russian honey cake recipe

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

Soft honey layers baked to golden perfection sandwich a slightly tangy sour cream frosting. This cake is sheer heaven in every bite.

While there are many versions of honey cakes, Medovik today is often considered as this version made of many thin layers of cookie-like cake and a creamy filling.

While not difficult to make, this is a multi-step, highly involved cake that requires planning ahead. Please read through the instructions and the notes in the bottom of the recipe before starting. Note that the frosting calls for a can of Dulce De Leche, which is readily sold in some countries. If it's not available where you live, you can make your own with sweetened condensed milk. Just know that it takes 4 hours to cook, so plan ahead and make it as far as a month in advance. The…

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This honey cake (Medovik / Медовик) is a staple of many cuisines of countries that used to be part of the Soviet Union. It's utterly beautiful to behold and layered with creamy goodness.

Russian honey cake Medovik, or tort Medovik, is a sweet and rich layer cake made with buckwheat honey and sour cream frosting.

Layers of caramelly honey biscuit are sandwiched together with sour cream to make a rich, buttery cake reminiscent of Biscoff.

This Russian burnt honey cake is a twist on the traditional medovik, & while complex is not difficult...perfect for a special occasion!