Ukrainian Honey Cake Recipes

TRADITIONAL UKRAINIAN HONEY CAKE - RECIPE

Steps:

• Beat eggs and sugar until thick.
• Add vegetable oil, honey, and sour cream.
• Beat well.
• Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and allspice.
• Gradually mix it into the liquids.
• Add vanilla, and mix well.
• Grease and flour two loaf pans, or a 9 x 13 sheet cake pan (I use the sheet cake pan).
• Preheat oven to 350 F.
• Pour batter into the pans. Sprinkle nuts over top (optional).
• Bake on the middle oven rack for 40-50 minutes.
• Remove from the oven, and cool in pans for 10 minutes.
• Remove from pans onto wire rack, and cool completely.
• Cut to serving pieces and sprinkle with powdered sugar, or If you decide to make it into a torte, this is the time to cut it into layers, and spread you favorite filling.
• Wrap the torte in foil, or saran wrap, and keep it refrigerated, until ready to serve.
• Honey cakes also freeze very well, but you need to wrap it in paper towel, then foil, then freezer plastic bag. Thaw in the fridge a day before serving, all wrapped, to preserve moisture.

UKRAINIAN HONEY CAKE

Steps:

• Cream the butter and sugar.
• Add the egg yolks, one at a time.
• Beat until light and fluffy.
• Beat in the honey.
• Sift the flour with the other dry ingredients; add in alternately with the sour cream.
• Stir in the walnuts.
• Beat the egg whites until stiff and fold them into the batter.
• Bake in a greased tube pan at 325 degrees F for 50 to 55 minutes, or until done.
• Lower the heat to 300 degrees F in the final stages of baking to prevent the honey from burning.

UKRAINIAN HONEY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 F, and butter and flour a 7" cake pan.
• Beat honey until frothy. Add eggs, flour and baking powder.
• Pour into prepared cake pan. Bake for 15 minutes and check the cake. When done, it will shrink slightly from the pan. Continue baking for 5 minutes if it isn't ready yet. (continue if it needs more time).
• Turn it out of the pan while still hot, and let cool on a rack. Store in an airtight container for a day before serving.

UKRAINIAN HONEY CAKE

Steps:

• Bring honey to a boil, then cool it.
• Sift flour with baking soda and powder, cinnamon, and salt.
• Cream butter with sugar.
• Add the honey.
• Beat the egg yolks and add to the honey.
• Add the flour mix alternatively with the coffee mixture.
• Stir in the nuts.
• Beat egg whites stiff and fold into the batter.
• Pour into greased bread mold.
• Bake 325F 50-60 minutes.
• Unmold and cool well.

UKRAINIAN HONEY CAKE

Steps:

• Heat honey to a boil.
• Cool honey to room temperature.
• Beat butter and 1/2 of the sugar until light.
• Then beat in egg yolks one at a time.
• Add honey, then stir in sifted dry ingredients,alternately with the wet ingredients.
• Beat the egg whites until fluffy, and fold in the remaining sugar, beat until stiff.
• Fold egg white mixture into honey mixture.
• Spread evenly in greased deep round 9-inch spring-form pan.
• Baked at 325F for 50 minutes. Then lower the heat to 300F and bake for another 25 minutes.