Honey sponge cake with cherry & caramel

Fragrant sponge biscuit is wisely combined with caramel, sweet cherry layer and fresh blueberries. Enjoy the taste!
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Honey sponge cake with cherry & caramel

Ingredients

Honey sponge biscuit (18cm | 7.08 inch)
eggs
4pc
sugar
80g
2.80oz
0.32cup
5.36tbsp
liquid honey
70g
2.37fl oz
vegetable oil
100g
3.38fl oz
salt
pinch
flour
150g
5.25oz
0.60cup
10tbsp
baking powder
1tsp
Caramel
cream 35%
75ml
2.48fl oz
0.30cup
5tbsp
glucose syrup
1Tbs
butter
30g
1.05oz
2tbsp
Cherry layer
frozen cherries
150g
5.25oz
0.60cup
10tbsp
sugar
2Tbs
starch
1Tbs
Frosting
cream cheese
750g
26.25oz
3cup
50.25tbsp
butter at room temperature
280g
9.80oz
1cup
18.76tbsp
powdered sugar
150g
5.25oz
0.60cup
10tbsp
Chocolate drips
bitter chocolate
100g
3.50oz
0.40cup
6.70tbsp
cream
80g
2.70fl oz
Additionally
blueberries for the inner layer and decor
150g
5.25oz
0.60cup
10tbsp

Method

Honey sponge biscuit

  • Whip the egg whites with half of the sugar and salt until peaks.⠀
  • Whip the yolks with the remaining sugar until white and fluffy.
  • Pour in the oil and honey, and whip.
  • Sift the flour and baking powder. Add these ingredients to the yolk mass alternately 1/3 flour and whites, each time carefully and gently mixing with a spatula from the top to the bottom.
  • Bake the sponge biscuit at 338F (170C) for 40-50 minutes; check the readiness with a dry skewer.
  • Cool the biscuit, remove it from the ring, wrap in cling film, and refrigerate for several hours.
  • Then cut it into 3 cake layers.
  • Soak each cake layer with cold milk.

Caramel

  • Pour the cream, brown sugar, glucose syrup and butter into a ladle.
  • Cook everything together over a medium heat until slight thickening.
  • Cool the caramel. Don't refrigerate it before assembly!

Cherry layer

  • Boil the frozen cherries with sugar.
  • Add the starch, and cook until slightly thickened.
  • Cool the mass.

Frosting

  • Whip the butter with powdered sugar.
  • Add the cream cheese in several passes, and whip.

Chocolate drips

Heat the cream, pour it over the chopped chocolate, and mix.