Custard Filling

Name: Custard Filling
Ingredients: ⅓ c. sugar; 2 tblsp. flour; ⅛ tsp. salt; 1 egg, slightly beaten; ½ tsp. vanilla; ¾ c. scalded milk; ½ c. chopped walnuts (optional); ¼ tsp. almond extract (optional); ½ c. heavy cream, whipped

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Farm Journal’s Country Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1972

About

Use either this traditional recipe or the quick, new variation

Ingredients

⅓ c. sugar
2 tblsp. flour
⅛ tsp.

Garnish
Vegetarian

Method

Combine sugar, flour and salt in top of double boiler. Stir in egg; add milk and blend thoroughly. Cook over boiling water 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Cook 5 more minutes, stirring occasionally. Refrigerate until cold.
Add vanilla and almond extract. Add nuts; fold in whipped cream. Spread between two 8 or 9" cake layers.