Old-Fashioned Honey Cake
July 4, 2026
Greetings to Edita Malūkienė, thank you for the recipe!
Recipe
For the honey cake you will need
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1 cup of sugar
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1 cup of honey
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1 cup of sour cream
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1 teaspoon of baking soda
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1 teaspoon of cloves
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3-4 eggs depending on their size
Note: if the eggs are small, you will need 4.
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~3 cups of flour
Preparation
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Put 1 cup of honey into a pot
Put the honey into a pot -
Over medium heat, stir the honey
Stir the honey -
Stir the honey until it starts to bubble.
Note: bubbling changes the flavor of the honey.
Finish stirring the honey -
Set the honey aside to cool
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Grind or crush the cloves
Grind or crush the cloves
Crushed cloves -
Separate the egg whites from the yolks into separate bowls
Separate the egg whites from the yolks into separate bowls -
Add 0.5 cup of sugar to the egg whites, and the other 0.5 to the yolks
Add sugar to the egg whites and yolks -
Whisk the egg whites and the yolks
Whisk the egg whites and the yolks
Whisked egg whites
Whisked yolks -
Put the sour cream into a bowl
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Add a teaspoon of baking soda to the sour cream
Note: baking soda thins the sour cream.
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Stir the baking soda into the sour cream
Stir the baking soda into the sour cream -
Pour the honey into the bowl
Pour the honey into the bowl -
Mix everything together
Stir the baking soda into the sour cream -
Add the cloves and stir
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Add the yolks and stir
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Add the egg whites and stir
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Keep adding flour and keep stirring
Note: add just enough flour to reach a sour cream consistency.
Finished batter, sour cream consistency -
Take a baking tin or dish
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Line it with parchment paper
Note: the batter will rise to double its size, so the dish must be 2 times larger than the volume of the batter.
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Pour the batter into the tin or dish
Pour the batter into the tin or dish -
Preheat the oven to 180°C, top and bottom heat
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Bake for 45 min
Enjoy!
