Master a homemade custard to use in one of these creamy custard desserts for a crowd-pleasing treat the whole family will adore. There’s everything from a classic French mille feuille to the Australian vanilla slice recipe to enjoy.
Serve these silky custard slices up for morning tea – they’ll satisfy your sweet cravings in no time!
Looking for more slice recipes?
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Mille feuille with almonds and raspberries
Mille feuille with almonds and raspberries
Mille-feuille, pronounced meal-fwee, translates as “thousand leaves”, and refers to puff pasty used in multi-layered sweet or savoury dishes. We’ve adapted the classic dessert version here by layering fillo pastry with almonds and honey.
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Chocolate and vanilla napoleon
Chocolate and vanilla napoleon
The mille-feuille, or vanilla slice, or custard slice, is known as the Napoleon. It is a French pastry whose exact origin, despite its noble name, is unknown. It’s also quite delicious.
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Coffee slice with chocolate glaze
Coffee slice with chocolate glaze
Coffee slice filled with delicious coffee-infused custard topped with a glossy dark chocolate glaze.
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Gluten-free very lemony bars
With a touch of coconut and almond, these very lemony bars are a delightfully tangy treat that are the perfect treat with added zing.
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Lemon meringue slice
The flavours and texture of lemon meringue pie are firm favourites with many, this slice version makes serving the slice to many much easier.
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Vanilla slice with passionfruit icing
Vanilla slice with passionfruit icing
The classic vanilla slice needs no introduction. Here, we’ve paired the layers of pastry and custard with a bright passionfruit icing for a zesty twist.
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Mango and coconut custard slice
Mango and coconut custard slice
Sweet, juicy mango pieces are swirled through a brilliant creamy coconut custard in this divine Summery slice. Serve topped with flaked almonds for extra crunch, it’s a flavour and texture sensation that’ll keep you wanting more!
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Quick chocolate custard slice
Creamy custard slices are guaranteed to be a hit at any occasion, and this sweet chocolate recipe is the one to try next! We’ve added an extra layer of indulgence with a rich dark chocolate ganache on top.
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Coconut rose custard
Lightly perfumed with rose water, sprinkling long strips of lime zest over this baked coconut custard tart makes it even more aromatic.
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Passionfruit custard slice
For this slice recipe you can buy passionfruit pulp from the supermarket, or, if you have an abundance of fresh passionfruit, this is a great way to put them to good use.
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Galaktoboureko – Greek custard pie
Galaktoboureko – Greek custard pie
You’ll just love this traditional Greek dessert.
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French vanilla slice
Creamy vanilla custard and layers of light pastry dusted with icing sugar – a piece of French vanilla slice is a perfect afternoon treat, especially with a cup of good coffee on the side.
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Lemon curd and blueberry mille feuille
Lemon curd and blueberry mille feuille
A French pastry of unknown origin whose modern form was influenced by Marie-Antoine Carême.
