🇨🇿 Czech Cuisine

Medovnik

Honey Cake

Prep Time 2 hours + overnight

Servings 12

Difficulty Hard

Calories 430 kcal

A towering layered cake of thin honey-spiced biscuit rounds sandwiched with rich sour cream filling, aged until meltingly soft.

Ingredients

1 Melt butter, honey, and sugar together. Add baking soda (it will foam). Cool slightly.
2 Beat in eggs. Add flour and cinnamon, mix into smooth dough.
3 Divide into 8 portions. Roll each paper-thin, bake at 180C for 5-6 min until golden.
4 Whip sour cream with condensed milk for the filling.
5 Layer baked rounds with filling, stacking all 8 layers.
6 Coat sides with filling, press crushed walnuts. Refrigerate overnight before serving.

Did You Know?

Medovnik must rest overnight so the layers soften and meld — cutting it too early is considered a culinary crime in Czech households.