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Boil the milk with the split vanilla pod and 60 g of sugar. Leave to infuse for 10 minutes covered. Soak 7 sheets of gelatin in cold water to soften them. In a saucepan, whisk the egg yolks with the remaining sugar. Add flour and cornstarch. Pour the milk after removing the vanilla. Bring to a simmer over low heat, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat, add the drained gelatin and leave to cool.
Line the sides of a cake tin with half-slices of oranges. Cut the sponge cake in 3 in the thickness. Put a layer of sponge cake in the mold, soak it with Cointreau mixed with 10 cl of orange syrup, spread a layer of cream and finish with the sponge cake.
Leave 2 hours in the fridge. Melt the apple jelly, add the 2 sheets of gelatin softened in cold water and drained. Cover the cake and leave to harden in the fridge for another hour.
Zest the kumquats with a vegetable peeler. Boil the remaining orange syrup. Dip the kumquat zest in it and simmer for 10 minutes. Unmold the cake and serve with the syrup and kumquat zest.
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