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Simple Honey Cake with Cream and Dulce de Leche
Moist, sweet and soft! This cake is sure to become a new favorite cake recipe!
Total Time
1
hour
hr
30
minutes
mins
Course:
Desserts
Cuisine:
Russian
Allergy:
Vegetarian
Servings:
10
Calories:
376
kcal
Author:
Marina Rizhkov
Equipment
knife
cutting board
bowl
hand mixer
Stand mixer
Oven mitt
measuring cups
measuring spoons
Ingredients
3
large
eggs
1
cup
sugar
3
Tbsp
honey
1
tsp
baking soda
2
tsp
lemon juice
1½
cups
flour
8
Tbsp
unsalted butter,
softened
8
oz
whipping cream
1
can
dulce de leche,
prepared ahead of time
½
cup
pecans,
chopped
1
tsp
sugar,
for sugar water
1
cup
water
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 F.
Prepare the dulce de leche.
1 can dulce de leche,
Beat the whipping cream in a bowl with sugar until it gets stiff peaks. Transfer to the fridge until ready to use.
8 oz whipping cream
For the cake:
Beat together eggs and sugar in a hand or stand mixer.
3 large eggs,
1 cup sugar
Add honey to the mixing bowl.
3 Tbsp honey
In a separate shallow bowl or plate, mix baking soda and lemon juice. Once it has started to foam up, add to the mixing bowl.
1 tsp baking soda,
2 tsp lemon juice
On the lowest speed, mix in the flour and combine well.
1½ cups flour
Butter your cake pans and spread a thin layer of batter.
Bake for 7 minutes or until the toothpick comes out clean.
For the cream:
In a mixing bowl beat the unsalted butter. Add in dulce de leche and combine well together.
8 Tbsp unsalted butter,,
1 can dulce de leche,
Add in already whipped cream to the dulce de leche mixture and beat well.
8 oz whipping cream
Take a small bowl or shallow plate. Mix sugar and water.
1 tsp sugar,,
1 cup water
Soak the first layer of cake with the sugar water. It will make your cake moist. Spread cream over the layer and top with another cake layer.
Continue soaking each layer with sugar water and spreading cream until finished.
Spread cream all around the cake.
Chop pecans and sprinkle over the cake.
½ cup pecans,
Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Notes
I used 8″ cake pans for this recipe and ended up making 4 layers.
Nutrition
Calories:
376
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
41
g
|
Protein:
5
g
|
Fat:
22
g
|
Saturated Fat:
12
g
|
Polyunsaturated Fat:
2
g
|
Monounsaturated Fat:
7
g
|
Trans Fat:
1
g
|
Cholesterol:
99
mg
|
Sodium:
136
mg
|
Potassium:
86
mg
|
Fiber:
1
g
|
Sugar:
26
g
|
Vitamin A:
687
IU
|
Vitamin C:
1
mg
|
Calcium:
32
mg
|
Iron:
1
mg