Unveiling the secret: Grandma's irresistible walnut temptation

Cake with nuts and cream, called "temptation" by my grandmother, is a treat that, at first glance, looks quite complicated. However, you don't have to be a master confectioner to make it. The walnut cake is delicious and melts in your mouth, just perfect for a cup of hot coffee and a lazy afternoon.

Honey layers, delicate custard cream, and crunchy walnuts come together like nothing else. Below, I present the much-anticipated recipe. It's not particularly short, but it seems very intuitive to me. Since I managed to make it, you can too. I'm completely sure of that!

Ingredients:

Layers:

• 4 cups of all-purpose flour,
• 2 eggs,
• 1 stick of butter,
• ¾ cup of sugar,
• 3 tablespoons of liquid honey,
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda.

Cream:

• 3 ½ cups of milk,
• 2 packets of vanilla pudding powder,
• 1 ½ sticks of butter,
• ½ cup of sugar.

Walnut mixture:

• 2 cups of walnuts,
• ¾ stick of butter,
• ½ cup of sugar,
• 2 tablespoons of honey.

Instructions:

1. Start by preparing the custard. Pour about 500 millilitres of milk into a saucepan and bring it to a boil. In the remaining 350 millilitres of milk, dissolve the pudding powder, pour it into the saucepan with the boiling liquid, and stir until it thickens. Set aside to cool.
2. Mix the ingredients for the layers: all-purpose flour, sugar, honey, baking soda, cold chopped butter, and eggs.
3. Knead everything, form a ball, secure it with plastic wrap, and chill it for 20 minutes in the refrigerator.
4. After this time, divide the dough into three parts and roll each to the size of the prepared baking pan.
5. Bake the first two layers, one after another. It takes about 10 minutes at 175°C.
6. In the meantime, prepare the sweet walnut mixture. Chop the walnuts and mix them in a pot with butter, sugar, and honey.
7. Place the third honey layer in a baking pan and spread the walnut mixture on top. Bake for 15 minutes at 175°C.
8. Return to the cream. Beat the softened butter with sugar, then mix it with the cooled custard. Spread half of the prepared cream on the first baked layer. On top of that, place the second layer and spread the remaining cream. The following "level" is the third layer, baked with the walnut mixture.
9. Put the cake in the refrigerator for 2 hours, and it's ready. Enjoy!