Vanilla Slice

Name: Vanilla Slice
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Australian
Ingredients: 2 sheets puff pastry; 3/4 cup caster sugar; 3/4 cup custard powder; 4 cups whole milk; 50g butter; 1 cup icing sugar; 2 tbsp lemon juice; pink food colouring optional

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

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

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

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

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

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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