How to make Honey Layer Cake (Medovik Cake)

We know you all have been craving this recipe for our Honey Layer Cake, also called Medovik. Originally from Eastern Europe, this cake is incredibly moist and delicious! It’s a favoruite whenever we slice it at our pastry shop.

So, let's get started with the method.

Biscuit Ingredients:

• Honey: 400g

• Sugar: 800g

• Eggs: 8

• Butter: 200g

• Flour: 2100g

• Water: 40mL

• Bicarbonate of soda: 1 Tbsp

Cream Ingredients:

• Thicken cream: 1L

• Sour Cream: 4 Tbsp

• Honey: 4 Tbsp

• Icing Sugar: 2 Tbsp
  

Method:

1. Make the honey dough using the recipe from our previous article.

2. Divide into balls of 75 to 100g each. Try to keep them uniform.

3. Roll each ball evenly on a lightly floured surface and cut to your desired shape.

4. Save the offcuts. They can be re-rolled into more biscuits, or baked separately and blitzed in a food processor to make the crumble for the outer coating.

5. Poke each biscuit with a fork before baking. This stops them puffing up.

6. Bake at 165°C for 10 minutes, or until golden. Watch carefully. They turn from golden to too dark quickly.

7. Cool completely before assembling.

8. For the cream, combine the thickened cream, sour cream, honey, and icing sugar in a stand mixer. Mix until smooth and well combined.

9. Taste before assembling. The biscuits already carry honey, so the cream should support the flavour rather than double down on it. Add a touch more honey only if needed.

10. Place one biscuit on your cake board and spread an even layer of cream across the top.

11. Continue layering. We typically use 7 layers. Cover each biscuit completely with cream and fill any gaps as you go.

12. Once fully assembled, coat the top and sides with the crumble, pressing it gently into the outer cream so it sticks.

13. Refrigerate for at least 24 hours before slicing. This step is essential. The cream needs time to soften and infuse the biscuits. That's what gives Medovik its character.

Let us know if you’re making this at home and how you use it.Tag us in your Instagram story, we can’t wait to see your beautiful (and delicious) creation!

Pavel