Lithuanian honey cake

Traditional Lithuanian honey cake "Medutis" - ☑️ a dish that is easy to make if using this recipe.🍽️ Try this food recipe right now!

Honey Cake (Lithuanian traditional celebratory cake) During my upbringing there have been quite a few dishes that were either embedded in my home culture or have always kind of always “been there” since I was just a little girl growing up , though none come as close to being a true memory of growing up as the very traditional Lithuanian Honey cake. In Lithuania this cake is also strangely called the “retired one” (just for the record I want to say that I have absolutely no idea why would…

Here is another Lithuanian festive dish, the Honey Cake. This cake is very popular in Lithuania, they make it on very special occasions such as Christmas. Medaus Tortas is a 24 layer honey cake, 12 layers of honey biscuit dipped in black Earl Grey tea and 12 layers of lemony crème fraiche. This is the Lithuanian version of the Russian Medovnik (Honey Cake), which exists in many countries of the former USSR realm under various names. According to Russian tradition, the cake was created in the…

WE’RE really gearing up for Christmas now and this week’s bake is something different – a honey cake, or Medutis.

Ukrainian Honey Cake is not your average cake! The 16 layers of honey-infused dough-based cake softens as it sets with vanilla sour-cream frosting.

Latvian honey cake (1)

16/02/2020 On a recent trip to Latvia, I was surprised to find such an amazing array of delicate, intricate and absolutely delicious cakes and patisserie. Honey layer cake definitely appeared to be the most common and after sampling many many different varieties, I can vouch for its popularity. Lovely, delicate layers of moist honey cake,…

This Russian honey cake recipe, aka medovik, features beautiful layers of cake alternated with a super sweet honey and dulce de leche cake cream. YUM!

This Medovik cake is eight layers of honey goodness with creamy filling in between and adorned with caramel flames.

Known as a Lithuanian Torte or sometimes a Napoleon Torte, it is layer upon layer of flaky, delicate pastry, a vanilla custard tasting creamy filling and just a hint of apricot between some of the layers. To make this, be sure you plan for enough time. It is on average, at least 10-12 layers of pastry sandwiched between 10-12 more layers of filling with layer of filling and pastry crumbs on top. Each of the layers is rolled, pricked, baked and cooled one at a time so allow time to make the…