Ukrainian Christmas Honey Cake Medivnyk Recipes

Steps:

• Sift together flour, spices, powdered sugar, and baking powder. Note: powdered sugar sometimes called icing sugar, confectioners' sugar or XXX sugar, all the same thing.
• Add eggs, honey, and orange peel to make a stiff dough.
• On a floured work surface, roll out dough about 1/2 inch thick.
• Cut shapes with cookie cutter, place on nonstick baking sheet, and brush with glaze.
• Place 1/2 almond in the middle of each, sprinkle with coarse sugar, and bake in preheated 350 degrees oven until done, about 15 minutes.
• Cool on racks.
• Store in tightly covered tins.

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 300-F degrees.
• Generously grease and lightly flour two loaf pans, and set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, prepare the batter: Cream the butter and sugar together with a hand-held mixer until light and creamy.
• Add egg yolks, one at a time, and continue to beat the mixture after each additional yolk is incorporated.
• Add the honey and sour cream and mix again.
• Beat the eggs whites in a small mixing bowl until stiff peaks form.
• Sift together the cake flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.
• Fold the flour mixture and the egg whites, ALTERNATING EACH MIXTURE (flour and then egg whites), into the cake batter.
• Fold in the raisins and walnuts.
• Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pans.
• Bake for 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.
• Remove the cakes from the pans and place on a wire rack to cool.
• Slice and serve slightly warm.
• Serves 10 to 12.