Custard Teacake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 250 g butter
• 2/3 cup caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups self raising flour
• 1/2 cup custard powder
• 1 1/2 tablespoons custard powder
• 2 tablespoons caster sugar
• 1 cup milk
• 20 g butter
• 2 teaspoons vanilla essence

Recipe

• 1 grease and line base and side of 23cm deep round cake pan; grease paper well.
• 2 cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• 3 beat in eggs one at a time, beat until combined.
• 4 stir in sifted flour and custard powder.
• 5 spread half the cake mixture into prepared pan, spread with cold custard, spread carefully with remaining cake mixture.
• 6 bake in moderate oven (180 celcius) for about 40 to 45 minutes or until golden brown.
• 7 cool in pan.
• 8 when cake is cold, carefully removed paper.
• 9 serve dusted with sifted icing sugar and fruit.
• 10 -custard-blend custard powder and sugar with milk in saucepan.
• 11 stir constantly over heat until mixture boils and thickens, stir in butter and essence.
• 12 cool to room temperature.