Medovick (or Medovik) – also known as the second heaven (just behind the Paris Brest from La Pâtisserie des Rêves). I first ate this cake last year at Cafe Pushkin in Paris and had a “WTF?” moment. The culinary version of double backing where I pauseed with the spoon still in my mouth and take a closer look at what I have just done to this innocent cake. The Russian inspired, perfect marriage of honey, caramel and dough all in varying densities in multiple layers of cream and filling. At the basic level, it is made of alternating layers of honey, vanilla cream and condense milk with cream. At the Pushkin level, I don’t know what they have done apart from using buckwheat as a base. I am no good at making patisseries and this makes eating them both frustrating but also extra magical. One thing is certain – this will be insane with a good, dark tea or coffee. Best shared unless you just gotten off the plane and hypoglycaemic.
A popular internet resource for this cake from Coolinarika - a Croatian site
Something in English from Delights of Culinaria
Medovick (or Medovik) from Cafe Pushkin
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