Marlenka Honey Cake 800g

Marlenka Honey Cake is a traditional Armenian-style layered dessert of honey pastry, caramel-milk filling, walnuts and delicate cocoa decoration.

What Is Marlenka Honey Cake?

Marlenka Honey Cake is a generous celebration cake made from fine layers of honey-infused pastry and a smooth condensed milk and cocoa filling. Each slice is finished with walnut crumbs and delicate cocoa decoration, creating its rich, tender layered character.

The cake balances the gentle sweetness of honey with soft pastry, a creamy caramel-milk filling and a nutty crumb finish. Its many fine layers make every slice feel special, while its ready-to-serve format makes entertaining wonderfully easy.

Made with 5% pure honey and no added preservatives or colours, Marlenka is a distinctive alternative to a conventional sponge cake for birthdays, dinner parties, afternoon tea and generous sharing occasions.

How to Serve Marlenka Honey Cake

Marlenka is made to sit in the middle of the table and be cut into generous slices. Serve it with espresso, cappuccino, black tea or a glass of cold milk, allowing its honeyed layers and creamy filling to take centre stage.

It is especially lovely after dinner, at a relaxed afternoon gathering, or whenever you want a ready-to-serve cake that feels more special than an everyday sweet treat. Fresh raspberries, strawberries or slices of pear make a bright contrast to its rich walnut and honey notes.

The 800g cake serves around 8 generous dessert portions or up to 16 smaller slices for coffee, afternoon tea or a larger gathering.

A Simple Serving Idea

Allow the cake to come to room temperature before slicing, then serve with fresh berries and a spoonful of lightly whipped cream.

For a deeper cocoa-led version, try the Marlenka Cocoa Cake. For a convenient bite-sized alternative to serve with coffee, discover Marlenka Honey Nuggets.

Where Does Marlenka Come From?

Marlenka began in 2003, when Gevorg Avetisjan and his sister started baking honey cakes from an old Armenian family recipe after moving to the Czech Republic. He named the new cake Marlenka after his daughter.

The recipe draws on the long Armenian tradition of honey cakes, where fine pastry layers, honey and a rich filling come together in a cake designed to be shared. Today, Marlenka is made in Frýdek-Místek, Czech Republic, while retaining the character of the family recipe that inspired it.

Marlenka shares the layered honey-pastry appeal of Medovik, the broader Eastern European family of honey cakes, but has its own character: condensed milk and cocoa filling, walnut crumbs and delicate cocoa decoration.

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Ingredients & Product Details

Ingredients

Condensed milk, wheat flour, vegetable oil, sugar, egg melange, honey, condensed milk with cocoa, glucose syrup, walnuts, baking soda.

Allergy advice: Contains milk, wheat, egg and walnuts.

Dietary information: Suitable for vegetarians. Halal-certified. Free from alcohol, animal fats and genetically modified ingredients.

Net weight: 800g.

Origin: Czech Republic.

Storage: Store unopened in a cool, dry place between 2–24°C, away from direct sunlight. Its long shelf life, of up to 60 days, comes from honey together with specialist vacuum and oxygen-absorbent packaging rather than artificial preservatives. Follow the best-before date on the pack.