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Albinita

Romanian Albinita/Honey Cake With Plum Jam & Cream Filling

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4.87 from 52 votes
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Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 54 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Romanian
Servings 25 servings

Ingredients
 
 

Ingredients for dough cake layers:

  • 500 gr flour
  • 100 gr sugar
  • 150 gr honey
  • 130 gr butter 85% fat
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 level tsp baking soda
  • 1 pinch salt

For the cream:

  • 120 gr semolina
  • 600 ml milk
  • 150 gr sugar
  • 250 gr butter 82% fat
  • 1 vanilla essence
  • grated  lemon peel of 1 lemon
  • 300 gr plums

Instructions
 

How to Make the Layers:

  • Make sure all the ingredients, except the flour, are at room temperature.
  • Mix them together in a bowl, then put on the heat.
  • Leave it on a medium to high heat, stirring constantly until a copper cream is formed. Leave to  cool.
  • When it is cool, add the flour and mix by hand until a soft, non-sticky dough results.
  • If it looks too hard, add 1-2 tablespoons of milk.
  • Then divide the dough into 4 equal pieces.
  • Roll the dough out on a sheet of baking paper sprinkled with flour.
  • Roll it out as thin as possible, then transfer it, along with the paper, to the back of the tray.
  • Bake for about 8-10 minutes, at 180° C ( 356 ℉) until the edges turn coppery.
  • Bake all the layers one by one. Leave them to cool on a rack and set aside the baking paper.
  • The layers will harden but they will soften with the cream. While waiting for the rest of the layers to bake, cover the baked ones with food-quality film so it does not dry out.

How to Make the Cream:

  • Boil the milk together with the sugar.
  • When the milk has boiled, gently add the semolina so that it doesn’t become lumpy. Mix it with a whisk and boil for 5 minutes.
  • Be careful the mixture doesn’t stick to the bottom of the pan.
  • ATTENTION! It doesn’t make a very thick semolina.
  • Remove the pan from the heat and allow to cool.
  • Then add the grated lemon peel and vanilla essence, and mix until it is well blended.

How to Do the Assembling and Filling:

  • Spread the semolina cream over the first layer, place the second layer on top and spread it with the jam/marmalade. Place the third layer on top and spread with the cream and then put on the last layer.
  • Leave the cake in the fridge overnight; the longer it rests, the better it will be.
  • Before serving, decorate with powdered sugar. This cake is great, I recommend it to everyone!

Notes

Albinita honey cake
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