Check out the recipe: www.allrecipes.com/recipe/277220/russian-honey-cake/

This cake is literally in every grocery store here in Russia. And now I have to find one in 4 am.

I come from Ukraine where we call it just honey cake, and I thank you Chef John for that video. My grandma used to make this cake for my birthdays every year because she knew it was my favorite cake. She used a slightly different approach, but it looked similar to what you did. My grandma is no longer with us and I hadn’t have honey cake in years, so I just wanted to thank you for bringing good memories in.

“Whether your making this honey cake for your honey’s sake. Or whether your just in a mood for a challenging bake.” Such spontaneous poetry.

I am from Russia and I've made this cake for my birthday. It's the most authentic tasting cake I could have possibly imagined. Thank you for the video, Chef John. Childhood memories are priceless and this cake helped me to go back to those times.

"You are after all Vladimir Of your crumb veneer It is up to you decide how you should be Putin this on" 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😄

“...and that is just my take...” No John, that is just *OUR* take. This cake belongs to all of us, Comrade

I am Russian, and this cake is absolutely amazing, and definitely our favorite! Thank you chef for introducing this piece of art to the world!!! You are the best!

"and then I have a horrible news, you have to refrigerate it overnight" loooool

Dear, Chef John I have been a long-time watcher and love keeping up with your recipes (since your start on the blog), but this one touched me in a very special way and for that, I am so very thankful. You see, my grandfather used to be an avid baker. He loved trying new recipes and exploring his culinary talent in the kitchen. Most of my memories of him are us whipping up a cake, kneading the dough together, pinching dumplings together and laughing. Recently, my grandfather passed, and I find it difficult to make any of our old recipes together, as all I can think about is our time spent working on that recipe together over the years. Cooking was always a two-person sport for me with him, although sometimes he would beat me to the punch to surprise me with my favorite foods. Well, this honey cake (although I will be honest, he used a different recipe which took a whole day, with 15-20 thin individual layers) brought back so many memories of our time together. This cake has such a deep and profound meaning to me, that it is indescribable. My now-husband and I, had our first date, with this cake in the center of the table. This was the cake I came home to after an especially rough day. This was a cake that was always there when my grandpa was. And now with him gone, this means that this cake, has too, disappeared from my life. That is until I saw your recipe pop up. As always, I love your videos and your recipes, but this one took on a greater meaning than I think you may have anticipated. So, thank you for that! Thank you for sharing your culinary explorations and showing me that cooking and food is one of the things that brings everyone together. Thank you for the hard work and time you put into your channel. And thank you for allowing us to join you on your culinary journey in your kitchen. Thank you

“I like to live dangerously”

As a kid I hated all cakes, until my parents bought me this. Since then it was my birthday cake every year. I can eat so much of it. I also like other cakes now, for people that are wandering. Greetings from Czechia

Just found the most wholesome person on the internet

You had me at “cake croutons”. 🤤

"But don't worry, this one turned out just as bad." 😄

We make it in Latvija as well....it is one of the best cakes I have ever eaten!! Chef John, thank you for sharing this wonderful dessert with the world!

Chef John: "We can go ahead and give it the ooooool-" Me: "Tappa tappa" Chef John: "Bag and bash." Me: 🧐

“And then I have some horrible news, we have to refrigerate it overnight” Hahaha The cake looks gorgeous!!!

Ah, yes, the classic "Ol' Bag 'n' Bash".

"You have to learn to use the Force... And your fingertips" 😂 😂

Chef John vs Life of Boris: the Honey Cake showdown is something we all need.

Oh, Chef John. How you grossly overestimate the amount of free space in my refrigerator!

Has anyone else been refreshing UKposts since they saw Chef John post a picture of this thing?

Out of all the UKposts chef's I watch. You are by far my favorite. I like how simply you keep everything. Not using any fancy gadgets and you explain everything so well.

I love your voice and the musical elements you add to your show! I feel as though I am receiving advice from a good friend. Thank you for adding this peace to my life!

In my family's recipe, we add walnuts to the cake and the crumb topping. It adds a nice umami element to a sweeter honey! Sometimes for a more savory version with the sweet cream, a dark rye or buckwheat honey is a nice substitution.

I’ve been baking my entire life and it never ceases to amaze me how labor intensive so many recipes are.

My mom used to make it for me when I was growing up in the USSR.

I just discovered this channel, and it has re-ignited my love for baking - believe me I want to make everything I've watched so far - and possibly is giving new meaning to my life. Oh also, love the humour. Just can't get enough of it. Thaaaaaaanks.

"and this is coming from someone who doesnt even like cake"... proceeds to film himself eating 2 slices of cake

In Czech Republic we call this Medovník and its my most favourite cake I've ever had. Incredibly tasty

Chef John, you’re absolutely brilliant! 🙌🏻👏🏻

Thank You for posting your cooking videos! Even I can't cook some of your recipes (due to logistic issues with the ingredients). I do enjoy watching them! They are kind of a therapy for me!

I tried this in Moscow once it was THE best cake I've ever tasted in my life!

This is what my dreams are made off...absolutely adore this case. Best cake ever!

I'm so happy i was lead to your channel, Chef! Haha Good recipes & good laughs, too!

I spent today making this to bring to Thanksgiving tomorrow, to have something different alongside our traditional apple and pumpkin pies. It was indeed a lot of work, but I hope it'll be worth it, especially since my medovik started to look like the Leaning Tower of Pisa as I frosted it. I did the recommended 1 cup of frosting per layer, but it started to ooze out the sides, and even then, I had leftover frosting in the bowl by the time I was done. Still, I straightened it up best I could and wrapped it in foil and now it's in the fridge at last. Hopefully he'll hold the shape when he's unveiled tomorrow. Fingers crossed! EDIT: The cake turned out beautifully! All the layers stayed together! But more importantly, it was absolutely DELICIOUS. This is the best medovik I've ever had, and true, I've only had it a few times before, but still, I loved it. And the rest of the family did, too. There was only about 1/4 of the whole cake left by the end of the evening. I'm so glad it was a hit because it took me a whole afternoon to make all by myself. I suspect they're going to expect me to bring it for all our special occasions. Thanks, Chef John, and I hope you had a great Thanksgiving!

Awesome, Chef! My grandmother used to be asked to make this cake for special occasions such as weddings and birthdays all the time. Everyone was always happy. Your recipe is very similar to hers, but she adds fewer eggs and therefore (I think) her pancakes are thinner. In a cross section her pancakes are as thin as cream layer. We have this cake video recipe too! Anyway, your recipe is incredible! 🍰🧡

Chef John I've been following you for a loooong time now and this is my fave from all the cakes you've made! So pretty

You bring me such joy Chef John!

I love food wishes I'm here everyday and I enjoy Chef John.

Had this cake in Prague some years ago and it was the best cake I’ve ever had. Glad to run into this video so now I can try to make it myself!

This looked so good! I am going to step out of my comfort zone and give it a try. My husband is excited too. Thanks Chef!

Making this to share with my family on my birthday today. Thank you for the birthday wishes on cameo, Chef John! I've been watching and cooking your recipes for over ten years, and hearing from you was truly amazing!

This channel makes me love cooking so much.

This cake has always been my favourite, so many childhood memories, always had it for my birthday or if I came back to visit grandma she'd have a massive fresh one made for me, delicious

Thanks for this Chef, my husband loves to buy this as a treat. Then someone I know made it, a huge one, and I was so impressed (trying hard not to be jealous) but now I can try it myself!

Oh, this looks amazing! I will definitely try it, as I have the time and it will be ever so impressive. Thanks so much, Chef John

I've yet to make this cake and I've never seen or tasted a Russian Honey cake, let alone heard of it until you, Chef John. But have watched this video more than once. It's mesmerizing, entertaining and educational. Thank you!

I made this for the first time last week by chance, I random stumbled on the recipe in a cook book from my grandmother. , now I can compare the recipes... Thanks for the video.

You know what else is therapeutic? You! You’re my favorite. I can’t wait to make this. I had it for the first time in Prague this past summer. It was HEAVENLY. Thrilled to see it here! 🙏☺️🌷

Love your style. Thanks for your happy positive baking vibes.

thank you so much for this! I have been eating this cake for years and wanted to make it at home but I could never find a good recipe. it truly is one of the most delicious cakes!

Chef John’s I cooked the cake yesterday, based on your recipe. It’s amazing! And it is the best honey cake that I tried in my entire life. I’m russian. Really authentic great recipe. Few more notes for “gluten free people”, you can easily substitute grain flour to “gluten free mix” from costco or any other brand/store. The pastry will behave the same. I did gluten free for my husband. Also, if you don’t have whipping cream, you can substitute it with cream-cheese or eastern version “labneh” cheese. PS. But don’t touch basic proportions and ingredients for pastry! Pastry is the “key” in this cake. Good luck everyone ❤️

I made this last week for my first wedding anniversary! Fantastic recipe, of course we couldn’t wait until the next day, we just had to try a little bit 😋 the family loved it, it was gone in no time 🙏🏻

Love watching your videos, it’s so therapeutic just listening to you.

CHEF! I finally found you! I've been looking for this channel for a long long time! I used to watch your videos RELIGIOUSLY and you've taught me so much about cooking. I'm so happy I found you again, and I have a year worth of videos to catch up on :)

Oh Chef John. I hope you know that you are sincerely appreciated by many people, one of which is me. :-)

You have the absolute most amazing talking style. Seriously, hearing your recipes makes me happy.

So beautiful and down to earth thank you 🙏🏻

Yayyy! 👏😁 I’ve been wanting to know how to make it. Thanks so much chef!

My birthday's coming up and that gives me the perfect excuse to make this a couple of times.. can't wait.

I use the base from 8" spring form cake mould. because it has a slight lip, I just add the batter until it touches the edges.

This spreadable batter version is amazing. I totally eyeballed the ingredients, because I made it couple times before, used just sourcream and sweetened condensed milk in 4:1 ratio as frosting and it came out great! Although I messed up and burned two out of my nine planned layers instead of just one.. so they both went into the crumb topping and the burnt halves got safely destroyed in my stomach (yum, carcinogens!). That's what I get from having only wood fired stove - Siberian cold on one side of the oven and reactor number 4 on the other. Anyways, I'm never going back to the rolling pin version. Thank you chef John!

Love the commentary. Cake looks great, will try soon! Thanks for sharing

I've bought this from a Russian store in town...OMG it's the best cake! After watching the work put into baking it, I'm happy they do such a great job at that little store! Usually like to get one for Easter!

Lol 1:47 “we’re gonna add a touch of sugar”

Thank you! Not only a great recipe but an excellent sense of humour!

This is a brilliant cake!! Thanks Chef xx

That looks fabulous!

I have 0 idea of how this recipe went into my recommendations but you saved my life man...My brother and i have fallen in love with the one our neighbor gave us

Made this cake. It's amazing. Chef John, you're a wizard.

Holy deliciousness!! Thank you! I have to make this

Honest to goodness, this just HAS to be one of the most delicious things...ever, in the history of cooking.

Made this cake 3 times following your recipe, everyone who tried it, was amazed! It definitely requires some extra effort than a regular cake, but god it is delicious and absolutely WORTH IT! Thank you so much

Made this for my birthday! It was amazing, but I added one thing, that really cranked this up to 11. Clotted Cream, as made according to one of Chef John's recipes, and it was GLORIOUS. I added just a little bit to the whipped cream that went into the cake, along with som sour cream. Thanks for the fantastic recipes, Chef John! Stay healthy and all the best to you!

Chef John u literally are THE BEST!

I started this the night before my birthday at like 5 or 6 o'clock, and I ended up frosting the thing at 1 in the morning haha. WELL worth it even though I slightly overbaked my discs. To me, it tasted like an adult graham cracker, and the slightly caramelized flavor (more than slight in my case due to my overbaking) really did kick ass with the frosting. And the leftover cake croutons made an awesome snack dipped into the leftover frosting. I may or may not have eaten most of the cake myself over the next week.

This looks tremendous. I'm gonna be putin on my apron next week to have a go at this.

thanks for the video! i love honey-based recipes. saturday is my birthday, and I wish I had the money to make this recipe. maybe next year. i love you chef john

You’re amazing, Chef John!

Wow, I never knew about the ‘ricochet’ method... great tip! I will try this recipe

I never really cared for cakes until I discovered this cake months back. Been gaining weight eating this at least once a week. Best cake ever. Watching you make this is making me crave for a slice right now

ohhh lord that looks sooo soooo good! Definitely going to give this a shot!!

Looks delicious! Will attempt cooking one up soon.

First time seeing your channel. Love the narration! In the USA we use way too much refined sugar in our baked goods. I love how other countries use more natural sweeteners like honey. This looks delicious! Thank you for sharing!

Another great recipe John! I'd love it if you could make some Haggis, Neeps and Tatties! I know that Haggis is hard to come by over there in America, because Sheep's lung is outlawed, but I'd love to see your take on this wonderful, traditional Scottish dish! Goes great with a nice simple whiskey sauce too... A good excuse to have a wee dram while you cook! Thanks for all your recipes, you've made me much more confident in the kitchen over the years!

i made it for my parents aniversary, everobody loved it, thank you Chef John

I made this cake for my family this Christmas. It may honestly be the best cake I’ve ever had and it brought a smile to our faces on Christmas Day!

My favourite cake ever! Was really surpised to see its recipe from chef John, thanks a lot from mother Russia!

This cake looks amazing! And based on the ingredients, and chef John's description of flavors, some wines that could be paired well with this would be sauternes, riesling that is sweeter, or a sparkling moscato to name a few!

I made this and without a doubt it's the best cake I have ever tasted. Thanks Chef

You are my favorite chef in the whole world!

Btw the Russian name is simply "Medovik" :)

I saw Russian honey cake and said yes!!! благодарю вас

I love the look of the honey cake and may try baking it myself to see how it turns out.

Your videos are so much fun to watch......I would say this particular video was one of the best ever

I really like your theory about how the cake absorb the good feeling and then the guest also feel good when they eat it :)))) sound so wholesome and cute

Omg i was looking for a recipe for this type of cake

YOU ARE AWESOME! THANK YOU IMMENSELY FOR YOUR FANTASTIC COOKING VIDS.