Plum & Budyń Tort

• It is my 700th post and the first for 2026.
• So a Happy New Year to everyone.
• This is a richer take on the last post of a simple apple cake.
• Technically to be as a tort – it should have several layers but I am not an expert at cutting the sponges into halves.
• Here 2 sponges – from 4 eggs, butter, sugar and flour – are sandwiched together with a plum- jam mixture and budyń made with 500ml of milk.

INGREDIENTS

• 2 circles(20/21cm in diameter) of sponge cake made from 4 eggs and the equivalent weight of butter, sugar and flour and a few drops of vanilla essence.
• Around 370g of a sharp plum or plum and apple jam.
• Juice of 1 lemon.
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•  Budyń made with 500ml of milk – 3 egg yolks – 3 tablespoons of potato flour, 3 tablespoons of sugar and 1 tablespoon of butter. 
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• All the ingredients need to be cool – even cold, so they do not run when put together.
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• Icing sugar to dust

METHOD

• Put the jam and the juice of 1 lemon into a small saucepan and heat gently, mixing together to get a thick paste.
• Leave to cool completly before using.
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• Spread the jam mixture  over the first round of the cake.
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• Spread the cold budyń over the jam mixture – do not take it quite to the edges.
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• Place the second round of cake over this, gently press it down.
• Dust this with icing sugar before serving.
• Take care when cutting into the cake.