Albinuta - Romanian Layered Honey Cake

The cake - it's simple, homemade, with ingredients at hand - very convenient to eat with your hands, so good for serving colleagues and guests without using plates and forks.

Ingredients
Honey
150 g
Egg
1 piece
Milk
50 ml
+ 350ml for cream
Butter
50 g
+ 200g soft butter for cream
Baking soda
1 tsp
White flour
350 g
Semolina flour
3 tbsp
Powdered sugar
150 g
Jam
5 tbsp
choose a good jam, thicker - I put raspberry jam and it kind of flowed
Step by step
Step 1

In a saucepan pour the milk, add honey, egg and butter.

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Step 2

Steam it in a bain-marie and stir periodically until you notice that the composition is well heated and the butter melts it completely.

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Step 3

Add the baking soda and stir continuously.

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Step 4

Notice that the whole composition will begin to form like a foam - so it should, normal reaction of baking soda with honey.

If foam does not appear, the composition must be hotter, be patient.

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Step 5

After 2-3 minutes take the pan off the heat, add flour.

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Step 6

Mix the dough with a spoon, as it is hot - then pass it on the floured table and knead with your hands until it is even.

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Step 7

Divide into 4 pieces, let them rest for 5-10 minutes, preferably in the pan / hot bowl in which you kneaded the dough.

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Step 8

Sprinkle the flour on the table and spread 4 cakes from each piece of dough - as thin and uniform as possible.

Put each on a baking sheet or directly in the tray.

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Step 9

Bake each cake for about 5-10 minutes in a preheated oven at 200 degrees - until nicely browned.

Let them cool completely.

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Step 10

In a whisk, boil the milk (the 350ml), when it boils, add the semolina in the rain, mix well with a whisk so that they are not lumpy.

When thickened well, turn off the heat and allow the composition to cool completely.

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Step 11

After the semolina has cooled, we start to make the cream.

Put the soft butter in a bowl together with the powdered sugar.

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Step 12

Mix well with the mixer then add 2-3 tablespoons of the semolina composition with milk.

That's all the cream, it's very tasty and I like that it stays firm, it doesn't flow when you cut the cake.

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Step 13

Grease the first sheet with half the cream.

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Step 14

Spread the second sheet with jam.

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Step 15

The next one is greased with the rest of the cream.

The last sheet is placed on top and not greased with anything.

Leave the cake for a few hours at room temperature to soften well, then in the fridge to harden the cream.

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Step 16

I noticed that it softens even better after 1-2 days, so without worry you can do it in advance - uncut sheets last a month.

Then slice it as you like, cut the uneven edges separately.

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Step 17

On top I sprinkled it with coconut, but it works well with powdered sugar or any icing you like - chocolate for example.

Good appetite!

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Quantity: 1 kg ()
Prep time:
60 min
Difficulty: intermediate
Ready in: 60 min