Medovik (Honey Cake) - Luxury Version
12-layer ultra-thin honey sponge cake with burnt honey, vanilla mascarpone cream, and roasted hazelnuts. Finished with edible gold leaf.
10 ingredients
5 steps
Ingredients
- 112 ultra-thin honey sponge layers
- 2burnt honey
- 3vanilla mascarpone cream
- 4roasted hazelnuts
- 5edible gold leaf
- 6sour cream
- 7eggs
- 8flour
- 9butter
- 10sugar
Instructions
- 1Caramelize honey until dark and nutty — this is the burnt honey base.
- 2Mix honey with eggs, sugar, flour and bake 12 ultra-thin sponge layers one by one.
- 3Prepare vanilla mascarpone cream with whipped cream and vanilla bean.
- 4Layer each sponge with cream and refrigerate overnight to soften.
- 5Finish with crushed roasted hazelnuts and edible gold leaf on top.