Custard Slices

Need a traditional South African recipe? Try this Custard Slices recipe for a delicious treat today. Stork – Love to Bake.

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Ingredients

Everyone loves sweet and creamy custard slices. Learn how to bake this delicious and easy baking recipe with Stork margarine and delight your family with this traditional Italian dessert.

200g Cream Crackers 1 litre milk 250ml sugar 50g Stork Bake margarine 60g flour 50g corn starch 10ml custard powder 2ml salt 100ml cold water 3 eggs, separated 5ml vanilla essence 250g icing sugar Approximately 40ml boiling water

Grease a 35 x 25 x 5 cm rectangular dish. Arrange 15 Cream Crackers in the dish in 3 rows, of 5 per row, making sure that all the dividing lines face in the same direction. In a saucepan, heat the milk to boiling point. Add the sugar and Stork Bake margarine and stir until dissolved. Remove from the heat. Mix the corn starch, flour, custard powder, salt and cold water thoroughly. Add the egg yolks and mix well. Mix some of the milk mixture in slowly with the custard mixture. Pour all the ingredients back into the saucepan. Stir continuously on a low heat and boil for 5 minutes or until thick. Remove saucepan from the heat and stir in the vanilla essence. Whip the egg white until it forms soft peaks. Fold the egg white into the custard mixture. Pour the hot custard over the crackers and cover with another 15 crackers in 3 rows of 5 per row, making sure all the dividing lines face in the same direction. Allow the custard to cool down and place in fridge to cool down completely and set. Mix the icing sugar and boiling water until it forms a spreadable paste. Pour the mixture over the biscuits and spread liberally so that it covers all the crackers equally. Keep refrigerated. Follow the dividing lines of the crackers and cut into slices. Serves 12

Step by step method

  1. Grease a 35 x 25 x 5 cm rectangular dish.Â
  2. Arrange 15 cream crackers in the dish in 3 rows of 5 per row, making sure all the dividing lines face in the same direction.Â
  3. In a saucepan, heat the milk to boiling point.Â
  4. Add the sugar and Stork Bake margarine and stir until dissolved. Remove from the heat.Â
  5. Mix the cornstarch, flour, custard powder, salt and cold water thoroughly.Â
  6. Add the egg yolks and mix well.
  7. Mix some of the milk mixture slowly with the custard mixture. Pour all ingredients back into the saucepan. Stir continuously on a low heat and boil for 5 minutes or until thick.Â
  8. Remove saucepan from the heat and stir in the vanilla essence.
  9. Whip the egg white until it forms soft peaks. Fold the egg white into the custard mixture.
  10. Pour the hot custard over the crackers and cover with another 15 crackers in 3 rows of 5 per row, making sure all the dividing lines face in the same direction.Â
  11. Allow the custard to cool down and place in fridge to cool down completely and set.
  12. Mix the icing sugar and boiling water until it forms a spreadable paste. Pour the mixture over the biscuits and spread.Â
  13. Keep refrigerated. Follow the dividing lines of the crackers and cut into slices.