Armenian Nutmeg Cake Honigkuchen Marlenka Food

MARLENKA

Steps:

• For the cake
• Add the sugar and honey stir until all melted and well blended.
• Add the butter and mix well.
• Add the egg, baking powder and mix well.
• Add the flour bit by bit kneading well. Add the flour until still kneadable but slightly hard. It should not come apart. If it does (too much flour), add a bit of milk to fix. Or just as much as was necessary to make the dough non-sticky.
• Separated the dough into 5 pieces, and with a floured rolling pin I rolled the sections into 5 squares equally square.
• Baked each layer under 180 degree for 3 to 5 minutes, or until they became golden brown, then cool on an iron rack.
• For the Filling.
• Combine all the filling ingredients except nuts.
• Bring cream to a boil and then let it cool.
• Put filling between layers to ensemble the cake.
• Sprinkle nuts on top layer after the last fifth layer of filling.
• Melted chocolate drip to decorate.
• It is best to let the cake rest and cool in the fridge for about 6 to 8 hours before serving.

ARMENIAN NUTMEG CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease a 9 inch square pan, and line with baking paper if desired.
• Combine flour, baking powder and salt, then rub in the butter until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
• You can do this with the tips of your fingers or in your food processor.
• Then add sugar, and combine.
• Press half this mixture evenly over the base of the prepared cake pan, and reserve other half.
• Dissolve baking soda in milk (or sour cream), add beaten egg and nutmeg, then add to reserved mixture.
• Combine well.
• Pour into pan and sprinkle nuts, and some cinnamon if desired, over top.
• Bake in oven for 45 minutes to 60 minutes (start testing for doneness with a skewer after about 45 minutes).
• Allow to stand for 10 minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool.

ARMENIAN NUTMEG CAKE

Steps:

• Grease a 9" round cake tin. Preferably line i with parchment paper as it makes it easy to get the cake out without damaging its biscuit-y base.
• Preheat the oven to 180C.
• Beat the egg.
• Cut the butter into cubes.
• Sieve the flour and baking powder together. Ensure there are no lumps.
• Add the cold butter cubes and use your fingers to rub the butter into the flour to form a fine-textured crumbly mix.
• Add the brown sugar and mix well.
• Take 1/2 the portion of this base (about 2.25 cups) and layer the base of the greased cake tin with it.
• Press the dry mix to form an even and well-packed layer.
• Add the soda and nutmeg powder to the milk, and mix well.
• Add the beaten egg to the milk and mix well.
• Add the milk+egg mix to the remaining flour mix and mix well. You will have a runny batter.
• Pour the mix onto the prepared base.
• Sprinkle the chopped walnuts on top.
• Bake at 180C for about 45 minutes. Test with a skewer to check if the cake has baked through.
• Let the Armenian Nutmeg Cake cool for 10 mins.

ARMENIAN ORANGE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Combine the brown sugar, flour, butter, salt, orange peel and all-spice in a medium size bowl.
• Blend with a pastry blender (or mix with your hand) until the mixture is crumbly and completely blended.
• Grease a baking pan. Spread half of the crumb mixture on the baking pan and pressed the mixture down evenly.
• In a small mixing bowl, combine the baking soda, sour cream and egg. Stir to mix well.
• Add the sour cream mixture into the remaining half of the crumb mixture. Blend well.
• Pour the batter over the crumb base.
• Sprinkle the top with almond flakes or chopped nuts.
• Bake in the 350F oven for 40 to 45 minutes or until the tester comes out clean.
• Serve warm with the Orange Whipped Cream Topping.
• Orange Whipped Cream Topping:.
• Whip cream until stiff. Stir in sugar, peel and liqueur. Let stand for about one hour to let flavors blend.

ARMENIAN NUTMEG CAKE - HONIGKUCHEN MARLENKA

Steps:

• Combine sugar, sifted flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Rub in butter until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
• Press half the mixture into a well greased 8x8" square pan.
• Dissolve baking soda in milk, add egg and nutmeg and pour over remaining sugar and flour mixture.
• Mix well, then spoon into pan on top of pressed in mixture.
• Sprinkle walnuts over.
• Bake in preheated oven at 350F for 1 hour.
• Allow to stand 15 minutes before turning out on to a wire rack to cool.

HONIGKUCHEN (GERMAN HONEY CAKE)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Use a paper towel to rub the softened butter over the bottom and sides of a jelly roll pan. Sprinkle 2 tbsp of flour over the butter and tip the pan from side to side to spread evenly. Invert the pan and tap to remove any excess flour.
• In a large bowl, stir together the 5 cups of flour, baking powder, ground almonds, coco, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, lemon peel, and almond extract. In a large saucepan, bring the honey, sugar, and water to boil over medium heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Reduce the heat to low and simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Pour the hot honey mixture over the flour mixture and stir together until a smooth dough is formed.
• Spread the dough into the pan. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes, or until the top is firm to the touch. Remove the pan from the oven and immediately sprinkle with slivered almonds, pressing them gently into the surface of the cake. Let the cake rest for 4-5 minutes, then cut. You can cut it into squares, rectangles, or any sort of fancy shape! Transfer pieces to a wire rack to cool.
• I've heard this is better if you store it wrapped in foil for several days before serving, but I've never done it.