How To Make Latvian Honey Cake
Try your hand on this unique and flavorful honey cake! It’s a true Latvian classic dessert that’s bound to satisfy your sweet tooth cravings.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Cake:
- 3eggs
- 1cuphoney
- 2cupsall-purpose flour
- 2tspbaking soda
For Filling:
- 32ozsour cream
- 1cupwhite sugar
- 1cupwalnutschopped
Instructions
Cake:
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Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
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Mix together the eggs, honey, flour, and baking soda in a large bowl.
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Spoon 3 to 4 tablespoons of batter onto 5 pieces of 9 x 13-inch sheets of parchment paper.
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Spread the mixture as thinly as possible using a wide spatula, making 5 thin layers.
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Place one sheet of batter onto a baking pan, then bake in the preheated oven for 2 to 3 minutes until golden brown.
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Remove the baked cake layer from the baking sheet, then prick with a fork.
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Repeat with the remaining 4 cake layers.
Filling:
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Stir together the sour cream and sugar in a small bowl.
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Place one cake layer in 9 x 13-inch baking dish with the parchment paper side up.
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Carefully remove the parchment paper from the cake layer.
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Spread ⅕ of the sour cream mixture on the cake layer, then sprinkle ⅕ of the walnuts on the layer.
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Repeat the process with the remaining 4 layers.
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Cover and refrigerate overnight.
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Trim off the ragged edges, serve, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 389.67kcal
- Fat: 16.36g
- Saturated Fat: 9.09g
- Trans Fat: 0.00g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 4.27g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.08g
- Carbohydrates: 58.14g
- Fiber: 0.64g
- Sugar: 42.11g
- Protein: 5.20g
- Cholesterol: 79.30mg
- Sodium: 262.28mg
- Calcium: 94.49mg
- Potassium: 160.21mg
- Iron: 1.42mg
- Vitamin A: 150.26µg
- Vitamin C: 0.83mg
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