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Russian Honey and Cream Cake
INGREDIENTS
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Ingredients for cake:
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Butter- 5 tbsp./70 gr
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Sugar 1 cup
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Honey- 2 tbsp. ( I prefer dark honey as it has richer taste. I used chestnut honey for my cake)
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Eggs-3 large
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Vanilla- 2 tsp.
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Baking soda- 1tsp.
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Vodka (although optional you wouldn’t believe me the cake was Russian if it didn’t call for vodka )
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Salt-1/2 tsp.
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Flour- 3 cups
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Ingredients for the filling:
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Creme fraiche- 2 cups
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Whipping Cream/Double Cream- 2 cups
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Sugar- 1/2 cup
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Vanilla bean (seeds scraped out) or vanilla essence-1
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Ingredients for the frosting:
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Mascarpone cheese (cold)-1 cup/250 gr
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Whipping cream/Double Cream-1/2 cup
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Icing Sugar- 1 cup
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Vanilla Bean or essence
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Ingredients for the Caramel Flames:
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Sugar ( I used half brown and half white)-1 cup
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Lemon Juice- 1/2 tsp.
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