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I’m typing my recipe on here because recently I lost it for a few months (all my recipes are on index cards and I have been known to mislay them). This recipe was given to me by a work colleague Dorene about 10 years ago and it is a big hit in my home. They are easy to make and the filling is deliciously creamy. I have been known to use a batch as bait to lure my older children around for a visit. Yesterday I made them to take to a housewarming party at my eldest Daughter’s new home.
CUSTARD SLICES
Ingredients
1 packet cream crackers ICING
1 litre milk 400 ml Icing Sugar
250 ml sugar 50 ml water
60 ml (50 grams) margarine or butter
120 ml corn flour
100 ml flour
10 ml custard powder
2 ml salt
100 ml cold water
3 eggs separated
5 ml vanilla essence
500 ml icing sugar
about 40 ml water
Method
Lay half the crackers in a square or rectangular dish (about 35 x 25 x 5 cm), the lines must follow in the same direction
Heat milk in a big pot until boiling point
Add sugar and butter, stir until melted
Remove from heat
Mix flour, corn flour, custard, salt and cold water
Add egg yolk and mix well
Slowly add milk mixture to custard mixture
Pour back into pot
Stir constantly over low heat for about 5 mins, until thick
Remove from stove and add vanilla essence
Beat egg white until stiff
Fold egg white into custard mixture with a metal spoon
Pour warm mixture over crackers
Top with another layer of crackers, lines following in the same direction.
Top with icing sugar mixed with water
I love getting feedback here, if you have tried the recipe please comment below
That looks so good, I love custard slice and must make this one day. They must have gone down well at the house warming
my hubby has always said he will make these for me one day, we have been married 21 years next month and i am still waiting, so i have printed the recipe so he can make them for me for our anniversary 😀
I hope that he made these for you and that you enjoyed them 🙂
I lost my custardslice recipe, but new what is should look like, (more or less, lol) This is THE ONE!! Thanks for sharing!!
A super recipe, easy and delicious! Thanks for sharing. Definitely a recipe I’ll use again and again!
Thank you 🙂 I love getting feedback
This looks the same as my mom’s … She lost her one and I’m in the mood to make this for my birthday. Got the recipe now a day before the time. So now the office (and home visitors) are getting custard slices and not cake. Thanx.
Enjoy!
Hi must the custard be cold before I put the icing over????
Good morning, you put the top layer of cream crackers on straight after the custard is poured over the bottom layer then you can do the icing immediately or after it has cooled for a bit, it doesn’t really matter
I want to try this recipe, it looks really nice. Question: the beaten egg white is folded in, so it’s raw in the recipe?
Um not really (hate raw egg in recipes), I think that it at least par cooks in the hot liquid