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Method:
Cream Filling
Soften the butter and beat
together with the condensed milk. Mix in just
enough sour cream to ensure the mixture still
remains reasonably thick but easy to spread. Don't
worry if it gets a bit runny, much of the cream
filling will eventually get soaked up by the layers
of cake, but might take a bit longer.
Chill the cream filling while you
prepare the cake.
Cake
Beat the eggs until combined.
Gradually mix in 1.5 - 2 cups of the flour.
In a saucepan gently heat together
the honey, sugar and butter. Add the baking soda,
stir together until foaming. Turn off the heat.
Add the honey mixture to the dough.
Stir to combine. Gradually add in more flour,
half a cup at a time until the dough comes away
from the sides of the mixing bowl.
Transfer the dough to a lightly
floured surface and knead for a minute or two
until smooth, then divide into 8 equal portions.
Roll out each portion until it is
20cms in diameter and 1-2mm thick. Place each
round onto a greased flat baking tray and prick
the surface all over with a fork.
Heat the oven to 180 degrees C.
Bake each layer of dough for 4-5 minutes until
lightly cooked - the texture of soft cake rather
than hard biscuit. Remove layers from the baking
trays and cool.
Assembly
Using the loose base of the
baking tin as a cutting guide, trim the edges
off each baked layer to create 8 equally sized
rounds. Keep the trimmings as they will be used
for the topping.
Place the loose bottom back into
the baking tin and put one baked layer of cake
into the bottom of the tin. Spread 1/8th of the
cream filling over the layer of cake. Repeat with
the remaining layers, topping with the last portion
of filling.
Crumble the leftover cake trimmings
in a food processor until they become fine crumbs.
Sprinkle 1/3 to 1/2 of the crumbs over the last
layer of filling on the top of the cake. Reserve
the remainder to coat the sides after the cake
has been removed from the tin.
Refrigerate the cake for 12 - 24+
hours, until the filling has solidified and been
partly absorbed by the layers of cake.
Serving
Run a clean knife around the
inside of the baking tin and ease the cake
out of the tin. Coat the sides with the remaining
cake crumbs. Slice and serve.
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