How to Cook Medovik (Russian Honey Cake) – 10 Steps Recipe

How To Cook Medovik: Delicious Russian Honey Cake Made Easy 

Learn to cook the famous Russian honey cake Medovik with this easy step-by-step guide.

Medovik derives its name from the word “мед” = “honey”, “medovik” means “made with honey”. 

Ingredients for Medovik

• Flour / Мука — 400-500 gr
• Butter / Сливочное масло — 100 gr
• Eggs / Яйца — 2 pc
• Sugar / Сахар — 200 gr
• 1 table spoon of bicarbonate / 1 столовая ложка соды
• 2 table spoons of honey / 2 столовых ложки меда

How to cook Medovik – recipe step-by-step

Preparation time:
20 min + waiting time 30 min + baking time approximately 15 min per layer at 250C.
In total:

Time needed (minimum, depending on the number of layers) : 2 hours

1st step to cook Medovik is making the dough

Melt sugar with butter and honey, let the mixture cool down

Mix eggs and bicarbonate

Put eggs and bicarbonate into the bowl, mix them with the mixer

Add flour into the mixture

Add the flour slowly, a small portion at a time and mix well

Mix the dough

Mix the dough with your hands, then put the dough into the fridge for 30 min

Prepare the layers

Cut the dough in pieces and make individual layers.
Bake separately.

Prepare the cream

Whip sour cream with sugar with the help of a mixer

Put the cream on layer after layer

Spread the cream on each layer and press well when placing every new layer

Tip 1 – Healthy no-cream option

If you don’t wanna put cream (and extra calories :), you can bake the dough just as it is – it is very tasty without anything else.
Use a glass or any other baking form to prepare cookies.

Tip 2 – Intensify the taste with other ingredients

When preparing the dough or the cream, you may wanna add chopped smoked prunes, goji berries, raisins or nuts for more intense taste

Decorating the cake

Keep one of the layers for decoration.
Shred the baked layer into crumbles and scatter the crumbles onto the upper layer and the sides on top of the cream.

Voilà, your Medovik (Honey Cake Russian Style) is ready!

Let it cool down and soak for at least 2h in a cool place, preferably your fridge. The best Medovik is the one that stayed in the fridge over night:)

Watch Medovik preparation step-by-step on YouTube!

Russians LOVE The Honey Cake!

Medovik is one of the most popular cakes in all the countries of the post-Soviet block.

We usually cook Medovik for New Year’s celebration or for someone’s birthday. It is a special treat as the preparation is quite time-consuming but the taste is totally worth it!

Enjoy! / Priyatnogo appetita!

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