LAMBADA - FAMOUS ORANGE/VANILLA CREAMY CAKE

Lambada - in addition to the famous song and dance, this cake of the same name awakens my childhood memories. I remember when I was little, my mom used to make this cake very often. Now I haven't eaten this for a long time, so I must admit I forgot about it a little.

I don't know how it got its name, but I sure know it's a delicious cake worth making.

Ingredients:

 Biscuit: 

  • 5 eggs 
  • 9 tablespoons sugar 
  • 9 tablespoons flour 
  • 2 tsp baking powder

Orange cream: 

  •  1 liter of orange juice (4 cups)
  •  2 tablespoons sugar (juice is already sweet so there's no need of too much sugar)
  •  3 bags vanilla instant powder puddings (120 g - 4.2 oz)

White cream:

  •  500 ml of milk (2 cups)
  •  4 tablespoons flour 
  •  5 tablespoons sugar 
  •  150 g of margarine or butter (5 oz)

Other: 

  • petit biscuits for stacking one row

Chocolate glaze:

  • 200 g of cooking chocolate (7 oz)
  • 7 tablespoons oil 

Preparation:

1. Separate the egg yolks from the egg whites. 

2. Mix the egg whites into solid snow. 

3. Mix the egg yolks with the sugar and whisk. 

4. Add flour and baking powder and mix. 

5. Add the prepared egg whites to the yolks and mix lightly with a whisk or a spatula. 

6. Oil and flour the baking tray (20x35 cm in diameter). 

7. Pour and distribute the prepared mixture. 

8. Place in the oven in a preheated oven at 180 C (356 F) degrees for 20-25 minutes. 

9. While the biscuit is baking, immediately start preparing the orange filling. 

10. Mix the puddings with the sugar and add 1 cup of juice and put the rest juice to boil. 

11. When the juice boils, add the prepared puddings and continue to cook until creamy 

12. Spread the cooked and still hot filling over the hot biscuit. 

13. Allow to cool. 

14. For the white filling, mix the flour with the sugar and a little milk and put the rest of the milk to boil.

15. Add the prepared flour mixture to the boiling milk and continue to mix until it thickens.

16. When you remove from the heat, transfer the cream to another pan, cover with nylon film and allow to cool. 

17. Mix the cooled cream with a mixer. 

18. Mix butter or margarine (previously left at room temperature) with a mixer and add to the white cream and combine. 

19. Spread the white filling over the orange filling.

20. Arrange biscuits previously dipped in a little milk. You can arrange biscuits over the orange cream filling instead over the white cream - your choice.

21. Melt the chocolate and oil in a steamer, cool slightly and pour over the biscuits

22. Place the cake in the refrigerator to set.