Honey cake "Bee" is a delicious homemade dessert. Homemade cake "Bee" honey Bee honey
Today "So simple!" invites you to cook honey cake "Bee"- a delicate dessert with a delicious honey aroma and an unforgettable childhood taste!
8 of its thin, delicate honey cakes that melt in your mouth, soaked in airy custard, will impress lovers of sweets. Brew delicious tea, call your friends and enjoy the most delicious honey cake!
"Bee" cake
Cake ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 2 tbsp. l. honey
- 250 g sugar
- 500-550 g flour
- 50 g butter
- 1 tsp soda
Ingredients for the cream
- 500 ml milk
- 2 eggs
- 2 tbsp. l. flour
- 150-200 g sugar
- 100 g butter
- 1 bag of vanilla sugar
Preparation
- Mix eggs, sugar, butter, liquid honey in a saucepan.
- Put the saucepan on low heat and stir until the sugar is completely dissolved.
- When the sugar dissolves, add the baking soda. The mass will begin to foam and will double in volume. Stir vigorously for another 30 seconds, then remove from heat.
- Start stirring the pre-sifted flour with a spoon. Gradually, the mass will cool down, and you can knead it with your hands. You should get a soft, not very tough dough.
- Divide the dough into 8 pieces. Roll them into balls, cover with plastic wrap and put them in the refrigerator.
- In the meantime, prepare the custard.
- In a small saucepan, combine flour, sugar, vanilla sugar, eggs and whisk until smooth. Add milk little by little and stir until smooth.
- Put the pot on low heat. Stir the milk mass continuously to avoid the formation of flour lumps. As soon as the custard thickens and begins to boil, remove it from the stove.
- Add soft butter to the hot custard mass and stir until it is completely dissolved. Cover the cream with cling film and cool to room temperature.
- Get one ball of dough out of the refrigerator at a time. Roll out thin honey cakes on floured parchment paper. Transfer the cakes to a baking sheet directly with parchment paper, and bake on it.
- You need to bake the cakes in an oven preheated to 180 degrees, 3-4 minutes or until golden brown.
- Immediately after baking, while the cake is soft, place a mold of the desired diameter on top (mine is 22 cm) and cut the cake along its edges. Do not throw away the cuttings. Grind them in a blender to sprinkle the sides and tops of the cake.
- Lubricate the cooled cakes, sides and top of the cake with cream. After that, generously sprinkle the cake with the remains of the cakes, chopped in a blender.
- Take away honey custard cake in the refrigerator for a few hours to soak.
- The cake is soft, tender and cut like butter. Enjoy your tea!
The honey cake "Bee" is prepared very quickly: the dough is kneaded for 15-20 minutes, and it will take about the same time to bake the cakes, but it takes no more than 5 minutes to make the cream. The most difficult and hilariously long time is waiting for impregnation. In order for the cake to "mature", it is necessary to let it brew for at least 8-10 hours.
The husband showed the guests the softness of the cake by cutting it with the back of a knife. Very soft, delicate and moist cake, with a chocolate aroma.
Hand-made bees not only decorate the cake, but also have an important function - in a noisy company of children, they create complete silence for 2 minutes, when children examine them, choose and eat them. And it's worth a lot.
Prepare the required ingredients.
Combine eggs with half a serving of sugar.
Split a little. This can be done manually or with a mixer. Set aside - you will need it a little later.
Put butter in a saucepan and add the second part of sugar. Put on medium heat and, stirring, bring until sugar is completely dissolved.
Pour in honey, mix and add soda. The mass will begin to rise, make noise and turn white. Remove from heat and leave to cool, literally 3-5 minutes.
Then, stirring the mass, pour in the previously beaten eggs and return the pan to the fire.
Sift flour together with cocoa powder.
Pour in half a serving of flour, stirring continuously. When all the flour has dispersed, the mass will become homogeneous - remove from heat.
Leave for 3-5 minutes to cool the mass a little. And then add the second part of the flour and knead the dough. It will become soft, pliable.
Divide the dough into 10 equal portions.
Roll each part alternately into a thin cake. Lay out an even circle on top (any pot lid will do) and trim off the uneven edges. Bake the cut pieces of dough for sprinkling the cake.
The dough is so soft and manageable that it does not require additional flour for rolling out. It's very enjoyable to work with.
Bake each cake on a baking sheet in the oven for 2-3 minutes. When I rolled out the next cake, the previous one was already ready.
When the cakes are ready, prepare the cream. Put soft butter in a bowl and beat at high mixer speeds until fluffy.
Put in the condensed milk and use a mixer to mix until smooth.
Add homemade sour cream and stir by hand. The cream is ready.
Layer all the cake layers liberally. Lay out a form in the form of a honeycomb on top (apply a drawing on a glossy cardboard with a printer and cut it out - if there is no form). Crush baked and cooled cake scraps with a rolling pin and sift through a sieve. Sprinkle the cake generously on all sides. Remove the honeycomb shape.
Prepare the bees: Melt the white chocolate, put in a pastry bag and paint the wings of the bees on the parchment. Send to the refrigerator until completely solidified. Melt the dark chocolate and draw the body and head of the bee. Apply strips with white chocolate on the body, and then insert the wings. Put in the refrigerator.
Place the bees in the hive. Honey cake "Bee" is almost ready.
When the cake is soaked, you can safely serve it on the table.
Bon Appetit. Cook with love.
Honey cake "Bee" - the favorite delicacy of our childhood. From the memories of him it becomes warm and comfortable in the soul. The delicious dessert itself is of Russian origin. However, they love to cook it abroad as well.
In the article we will share with you a step-by-step recipe for a honey cake "Bee". Photos of the finished product and the secrets of a delicious shortcrust pastry are attached. Enjoy your reading!
Dessert description
The summer-named dessert is an unusual alternative to the classic honey cake. What do we associate with honey? Bees, of course. The dessert looks like a honeycomb decorated with homemade bees. It looks very original and beautiful. It will take you about two hours to cook it. The base itself consists of shortcrust pastry.
To create the base of the honey cake "Bee" you will need to buy the following products:
- Sifted flour 750 grams.
- Five tablespoons of light honey.
- Chicken eggs 3 pieces.
- Butter 100 grams.
- A pinch of baking soda.
- Sugar 250 grams.
Ingredients for the cream
To prepare a delicate and juicy cream, you need to stock up on the following ingredients:
- Thick sour cream with a fat content of 25% 250 grams.
- Boiled condensed milk.
- A tablespoon of light honey.
- A bag of gelatin (7 grams).
- Banana (optional)
- Cream 180 grams.
Cooking shortbread cakes
As mentioned above, the base for the cake will be shortbread cakes. Many housewives know that such dough is very difficult to prepare. There are many nuances to consider in the process. We provide you with a step-by-step recipe for a honey cake "Bee" with a photo of the finished result:
- First of all, you need to add baking soda to the honey, then heat this mixture over low heat. The honey should take on a dark hue.
- Then you should melt the butter in a water bath. Add sugar and chicken eggs to it. Beat the egg-cream mixture well with a whisk or mixer.
- After that, it is worth adding warmed honey to this mixture. Mix the whole consistency well.
- Next, you need to gradually add the sifted flour to the honey mass. You should have a smooth dough that looks like very thick sour cream.
- Then line the parchment paper on the bottom of the mold and grease it with butter.
- Then distribute all the dough evenly over the bottom of the mold. You need to bake the product for about 30-40 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees.
- The finished cake should be cut into several small pieces.
How to make honey cake cream?
Butter cream of honey cake "Bee" from Lapulka turns out to be very tender and tasty. You can prepare both the classic version and the original one - with the addition of various fruits, berries and even chocolate. In addition, you can make caramel, chocolate or semolina cream for our dessert. It all depends on your wishes and preferences. Below you will find a recipe for a honey cake "Bee" with a photo.
- First you need to add boiled condensed milk, whipped cream (100 grams), a spoonful of honey to thick sour cream. Mix this mass thoroughly.
- Then you need to peel the banana, chop and add to the mixture.
- The finished cream should be divided into two equal parts. We will use one for soaking the cakes, and the other for decorating the cake.
- The first portion should be refrigerated for a couple of minutes.
We shape the cake
After you have finished preparing the cream and cakes, you can start shaping and decorating the cake. We provide a recipe for a honey cake "Bee":
- First, you need to coat each cake well with butter. Then send the cake to a cool place for a couple of hours so that it is well soaked.
- Next, you can move on to work on the decoration for the cake. First of all, add gelatin to the remaining cream. Leave the mass for a while. The gelatin granules should swell.
- Then it is necessary to put the mass on a small fire so that the grains finally dissolve in it.
- Now you need to add warmed cream to the second part of the butter cream and mix everything thoroughly.
- Then spread the cream over the top layer of the cake. Finally, it is worth making the honeycomb using a bubble bag, pressing it into the cream.
- Then you need to put our dessert in the refrigerator for half an hour.
Cake decorations
What honey cake would do without bees? How can they be done? To prepare the jewelry, we need two bars of white and milk chocolate.
- First you need to melt the floor of the milk chocolate bar and 1/3 of the white one.
- Then lay on special baking paper. Melted milk chocolate should be poured into a pastry bag and used to shape the bodies of our bees. Give the chocolate a little time to harden.
- After white chocolate, you need to draw stripes at the same distance and eyes.
- Bee wings can be made from white chocolate plates using a special pastry knife for decorating cakes or from almonds.
- Chaotically, you need to place the bees on the cake and sprinkle with chocolate chips on top.
Honey cake "Bee" is ready. Enjoy your meal!
How to make shortbread dough correctly?
Shortcrust pastry should be homogeneous, crumbly, but keep its shape. It is very difficult to achieve the ideal result, but it is possible. We will tell you three main methods of making shortbread dough:
- Chopped. For him you will need: 400 grams of sifted flour, 250 grams of butter, a pinch of table salt, 100 milliliters of warm water. First you need to chop butter randomly, and then send it to the freezer for twenty minutes. Then you should add a pinch of table salt, pieces of cold butter to the sifted flour. Next, you need to quickly chop the dough with a large knife. You should have a crushed mass, into which you should gradually pour warm water and knead. After the dough must be refrigerated for 10-20 minutes.
- Curd. If chopped is more suitable for pies, then tender, curd cheese can be used as a base for cakes. It requires: fresh cottage cheese - 150 grams, butter - 150 grams, sifted flour - 250 grams, a pinch of food fashion and table salt. First, you need to sift the curd through a special sieve. Next, grate the butter and then add it to the curd. Pour sifted flour into the creamy curd mixture and add a pinch of salt and soda. After that, you need to knead the dough well and send it to a cool place for an hour, wrapping it with cling film.
- For the lazy. If you do not want to spend a lot of time making shortbread dough, then there is an easy way just for you. Ideally, such a mass is suitable for our "Bee" cake. For her, you should stock up on the following ingredients: sifted flour - 300 grams, butter - 150 grams, one chicken egg, powdered sugar - 150 grams. The first step is to add powdered sugar to the bowl, then grate butter there, preferably on a fine grater. Flour should be added to it. Mix the whole mass well with a spoon or a food processor. Be sure to wrap the dough with cling film and put it in the freezer for an hour.
Shortcrust pastry is very finicky. All ingredients must be added strictly according to the recipe. If you overdo it with butter or flour, you can end up with either very crumbly or too dense. However, you will have to master the recipe, because this type of dough is ideal for making a honey cake "Pchelka".
The recipe for homemade honey cake with a funny bee on it. For many, this wonderful honey bee will be the most beautiful ever made. Honey cake "Pchelka" has a wonderful look and taste. A cake covered with bees will decorate any festive table, while there is no trick! Only the idea, and the execution is not difficult at all. And don't tell your guests the secret of this cake - leave a little intrigue!
Dough for honey cake "bee"
half a glass of milk
3 tablespoons honey
1 cup of sugar
4 tablespoons full of butter
2 teaspoons of baking soda
1 teaspoon white wine vinegar
5 tablespoons of cocoa powder
2 1/2 cups flour (you may need a little more) 
In a small saucepan, combine butter, cocoa powder, sugar, milk, honey. Stir on a light heat until the butter and sugar have melted.
Combine the vinegar and baking soda. The mixture will foam. Pour the slaked baking soda over the rest of the ingredients in a saucepan.
Add the egg. Mix very quickly - the egg can curdle, so beat quickly. Remove the pan from heat and let cool for 5 minutes. Add flour gradually and mix well.
When the mixture is thick, place it on your work surface. Add the rest of the flour and knead until the dough is soft and smooth.
Divide the honey cake dough into 2 pieces, and then each piece by 5 more.
Roll out each piece of dough very thinly and cut into 25cm circles. Do this on prepared baking paper. Use a fork to poke several holes along the entire plane of each cake.
Preheat oven to 180-190 degrees. Bake each layer for about 4-6 minutes.
Let the cakes cool completely. The cooled cakes will be quite hard, but don't worry - they will soften under the cream.
Ingredients for the custard for Honey cake "Bee" :
4 rounded tablespoons of wheat flour
3 rounded tablespoons of starch
2 cups milk
1/3 cup sugar
3 large egg yolks
1 pod
2 tablespoons full of butter
1 cup chilled cream
In a medium saucepan, heat the vanilla milk (don't boil it!). When foam appears, remove the pan from the heat.
Mix the yolks with the sugar.
Whisk together the mixed egg yolks, sifted cornstarch, and flour.
Add some warm milk to the mixture and beat the eggs.
Remove the vanilla pod from the milk. Place a saucepan of milk over medium heat and slowly pour in the egg mixture. Beat constantly. Cook until the mixture thickens.
Add butter and stir until melted.
Pour the cake custard into a bowl and cover it with cling film, placing it directly on top of the cream (this will prevent the crust from forming). Place the cream in the refrigerator until it cools completely.
Whisk the cold cream quickly and gently add to the cold custard.
Lubricate each cake with custard - about 2.5 tablespoons of cream per crust.
Press down on the honey cake with something heavy. Put the cake in the refrigerator for half an hour. Prepare the honeycomb cream at this time. 
Honey cream
Ingredients for honeycomb cream:
half a can of boiled condensed milk (about 270 grams)
57 grams softened butter
1/4 cup sour cream
3 tablespoons very hot water
3 gelatin leaves (or a pack of gelatin)
Soak gelatin in cold water for 5 minutes or until dissolved. If using sachet gelatin, dissolve it in a minimum amount of hot water.
Whisk the condensed milk with butter.
If using gelatin leaves, drain the excess water from it and melt in three tablespoons of hot water.
Add one tablespoon of sour cream to the gelatin and mix well. Add the rest of the cream to the gelatin and blend again. Attention! Gelatin is the basis of this decoration, we do not recommend excluding it from the recipe, as there is a possibility that the "honeycomb" will not solidify and fall apart.
Stir the condensed milk with butter with the gelatin mixture and mix well.
Lubricate the top and sides of the cake with gelatin. Hurry - the mixture hardens very quickly!
Place the prepared cut bubble wrap (as shown in the photo) on the top of the cake and on the sides. Press down gently so that the bubble wrap adheres completely.
Place the cake in the refrigerator for a few hours. Remove the foil and decorate the honey cake with marzipan bees.
The combination of honey, custard and condensed milk will appeal to literally everyone, do not hesitate!
Bon Appetit!