u/JFezStrikesAgain

Previous post: https://www.reddit.com/r/somnigastronomy/s/Kmf9U5jThZ

I've told literally everyone in my life about this dream, so I finally had to make them!

This is my third attempt, and I think these are the ones. The plum flavouring was a super difficult hurdle.

The first attempt involved an artificial flavour oil that I bought online and made it taste like eating a vape. Attempt number 2 used blended plums, but the taste was way too subtle.

But number 3? Polish Plum Jam mixed into the biscuit dough! Incredible. It works perfectly, and gave them a tartness that balanced so well with the sweetness of the sugar in the dough. It also worked really well with the Custard Powder in the mix to give it that classic flavour.

The colour is a little off, but there's quite a lot of purple food dye in there, battling against the creamy whites and the deep red of the jam. Quite frankly it's not a battle worth having.

Same with the design - it's super hot in the UK at the moment, and the batter kept falling apart in my hands, and cutting out rectangles by hand was so fiddly, so the circles will have to do.

These are so good, and best enjoyed with a cup of tea, and the knowledge that you no longer have to experiment with plum flavourings.

Would definitely recommend!

Well aware that this is going to be the most Bri'ish post of all time in this sub, but I've been thinking about these for five days now.

For those of you who haven't seen them before, Custard Creams are a very popular biscuit (or cookie) in the UK, consisting of two biscuits sandwiched together with a layer of vanilla custard-flavoured cream in the middle. They usually have an embossed, Victorian inspired design on top, and they're delicious. There's another similar biscuit called the Bourbon (pronounced "Bore-Bon"), which is in essence a dark chocolate flavoured biscuit, with a chocolate buttercream filled.

In my dream, I had bought a packet of Custard Creams from a shop. Unbeknownst to me, the packet contained other kinds of biscuits, Bourbons and Plum Puddings. These Plum Puddings were just Custard Creams, but with a purple coloured biscuit, similar to the colour of purple yams or ube, with a light purple coloured cream filling. The embossed design on top was the same though. They were plum flavoured - if you've ever had a Victoria Plum, it was like that - really rich, but not overpowering, and a little floral. There was still a hint of vanilla in there too.

The biscuits also came with KitKat style bars - in Custard Cream flavour (cream coloured), Bourbon flavour (dark chocolate coated), and Plum Pudding (coated in a purple chocolate).

Interestingly, there is a food called Plum Pudding, which is just Christmas pudding made with dried fruit - but this couldn't be further from the flavour.

I WILL be making this!