Honey Cake with Sour Cream Frosting and Walnuts

Name: Honey Cake with Sour Cream Frosting and Walnuts
Total time: 180 min
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: Home cooking
Ingredients: Wheat flour — 40 g; Honey — 14 g; Sugar — 20 g; Eggs — 0.2 pcs; Butter — 8 g; Baking soda — 1 g; Sour cream 25% — 45 g; Walnuts — 8 g

A tender homemade honey cake with thin layers, rich sour cream frosting, and chopped walnuts. After chilling overnight, the layers soften and slice beautifully.

Time: 3 h
Serving: 503 kcal
Ingredients: ≈ $0.63
Protein: 8 g

Meat-free Sweet

Honey Cake with Sour Cream Frosting and Walnuts

Ingredients

1 Wheat flour 40 g
2 Honey 14 g
3 Sugar 20 g
4 Eggspack 10 pcs ≈ $1.93 0.2 pcs
5 Butterpack 180 g ≈ $1.58 8 g
6 Baking soda 1 g
7 Sour cream 25%pack 300 g ≈ $2.00 45 g
8 Walnutspack 150 g ≈ $4.00 8 g

Grey rows are pantry staples: salt, oil, spices. They are not counted in the serving price.

Method

Melt 10 g sugar with honey and butter⁵ in a double boiler, stirring for 4–5 minutes until smooth.
Add baking soda, heat for 1 minute until foamy, then remove from heat and cool for 5 minutes.
Mix in the egg and flour, knead into a soft dough, and divide into thin portions for the layers.
Roll out each layer on parchment paper and bake at 350°F (180°C) for 4–6 minutes until golden.
Dry out any leftover dough scraps in the oven for 3–4 minutes, then crumble into fine crumbs.
Whip the sour⁷ cream with the remaining sugar for 2–3 minutes until smooth.
Spread the frosting between the layers, sprinkle with chopped walnuts⁸, and coat the top and sides with crumbs.
Chill the cake in the fridge for at least 8 hours to let the layers soften and absorb the cream.

Tips

Why it works: Melt the honey and butter in a water bath, so the sugar dissolves evenly and nothing burns. Over direct heat it scorches and turns bitter.
Substitutions: Instead of walnuts, use hazelnuts (10 g) or cashews (7 g). Swap the sour cream for 10% cream (40 g), but the filling will be less thick.
Common mistakes: The layers come out raw if you don't wait for a golden color. They will be dense and won't soak up the cream.
Storing and reheating: Keeps 3 days in the fridge. Warm in the microwave for 20 seconds, covering the plate. Don't freeze, the cream will separate.
Serve with: Serve at a birthday with tea or coffee, cutting the portions ahead so the crumbs don't fall off.

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Nutrition

Per serving and share of 2000 kcal

Calories	503 kcal	25%
Protein	8 g	11%
Fat	25 g	35%
Carbs	62 g	24%
Per 100 g	336 kcal

Cost

≈ $0.63per serving

Average supermarket prices, BLS (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics), October 2026. Your store will differ: products come in packs and each chain sets its own prices. The priciest item here is sour cream 25%.