Pour almost all the milk into a saucepan and add sugar to it - bring to a boil.
500 ml milk, 4 tablespoons sugar
Mix the pudding powder in the remaining milk.
2 packages vanilla pudding
Pour the milk with pudding into the boiling milk and stir vigorously - cook until it thickens.
Cover the prepared pudding with a bag or cling film and leave to cool (at room temperature).
Transfer the softened butter to a bowl and beat on high speed for about 10 minutes - until the butter becomes fluffier and lighter.
100 g butter
Add the pudding spoonful by spoonful to the beaten butter and mix until combined.
How to make whipped cream for the cake
Pour cold water over the gelatin - just enough to cover it. Set aside for a few minutes to swell.
2 teaspoons gelatin
Whip the heavy cream with powdered sugar until thick.
500 ml heavy cream, 3 tablespoons powdered sugar
Briefly heat the gelatin until it is liquid. Add a tablespoon of whipped cream to it and mix. Pour the gelatin into the rest of the whipped cream and mix thoroughly.
Nutty Lady Cake - Assembly
Transfer the nuts to a dry pan and briefly heat them to make them more aromatic. Let them cool and chop them.
about 200 g nuts
Line the baking pan with aluminum foil or parchment paper.
approx 40 pieces biscuits
Arrange a layer of biscuits on the bottom.
Spread the dulce de leche over them and gently smooth it out.
about 200 g dulce de leche
Sprinkle generously with chopped nuts and press them down lightly.
Add a second layer of biscuits.
Spread the pudding cream over the biscuits in an even layer.
Add a third layer of biscuits and spread them with plum jam (if using).
approx 60 g plum jam
Spread the whipped cream and smooth it out.
Finally, sprinkle the cake with chopped nuts.
Refrigerate the cake - preferably overnight, so that the biscuits soften from the creams.