CUSTARD SPONGE LAYER CAKE
- Cake:
- 1 cup cornflour
- 1 cup custard powder
- 2 teaspoon cream of tarter
- 1 teaspoon bicarb of soda
- 2 teaspoons plain cake flour
- 8 eggs
- 1 ½ cup castor sugar
Beat egg whites till stiff.
Add castor sugar a little at the time and beat some.
Beat in egg yolks 1 at the time.
Sift all other dry ingredients 3 times and mix with egg mixture.
Bake in 2 x 20 cm cake pans for 15 minutes at 160 ºC.
Cool and cut each cake in two parts. (4 layers)
- Custard:
- 500 ml of milk
- Making a paste of the following:
- 2 heaped tablespoons of custard powder mixed with a little milk
- ¼ cup of sugar
Warm the milk and add custard paste bringing it to a boil.
Make a thick custard and let it cool down.
- Cream layer:
- 250 ml cream
- 1 tablespoon sugar
Whip the cream with a tablespoon of sugar till peak stage.
Layer the cake with custard and cream alternatively.
Decorate to taste.
Photo and recipe: Yasmeen Ibrahim
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