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Vanilla Slice

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Vanilla Slice

A thick, wobbly custard set between two sheets of flaky puff pastry, finished on top with a layer of bright pink fondant icing.

Total time
35 min
Prep
20 min
Cook
15 min
Difficulty
medium
Cuisine
Australian
vegetarian

Ingredients

2 sheetspuff pastry
3/4 cupcaster sugar
3/4 cupcustard powder
4 cupswhole milk
50gbutter
1 cupicing sugar
2 tbsplemon juice
pink food colouringoptional

Instructions

1

Bake pastry sheets on lined trays at 200°C for 12 minutes. Press flat and cool.

2

Whisk sugar and custard powder in a saucepan. Gradually whisk in milk.

3

Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until very thick. Stir in butter.

4

Line a tin with one pastry sheet. Pour in hot custard. Top with second sheet, press down.

5

Refrigerate 4 hours until firm. Mix icing sugar, lemon juice and a drop of pink colouring. Spread over top. Cut into squares.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories
552
Protein
8.4g
Fat
21.7g
Carbs
83.6g
Fiber
0.2g
Sodium
144mg

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