It's a crispy, thinly layered cake (about 6 to 8 layers) that is sweet with a very small tinge of sourness.
The layers themselves is what is made with honey and taste like honey. They're made of;
honey , sugar , unsalted butter , large eggs (room temp*), baking soda and flour
(measurements for each ingredient depends on how big of a cake you want)
The frosting is made of usually only two ingredients, sour cream and powdered sugar which are mixed together. Some people add whipping cream, honey, or condensed milk (my fave!!).
I'd recommend checking out recipes for better instructions (there's some on youtube). Everyone makes their cake slightly different. It's best to leave the cake out for a bit after it's made so that the layers can absorb the frosting.
It's really yummy and shouldn't take more than an hour and twenty min. to make if it's relatively small and you're a beginner.
Where I come from (Slovakia) we call it medovník and same as you I don't like honey but medovník is a diferent thing, I love it the most out of all cakes
I was really surprised and happy that it was mentioned in the manhwa
It's nice seeing someone who enjoys it as much
and it's really refreshing to see something different in the coments - I mean the recipe this made my day
As a Russian person, I was really surprised at the mention of my favorite cake (medovik)!!
I hate honey with a passion but that cake is honestly so good, if anyone ever has a chance, it's actually pretty easy to bake, idk why the mc was saying it's hard to make lol. But the description of it here and him baking it was so accurate I love it. It made me extremely home sick.
And it's funny cause every Russian mom ever, makes this cake.