Custard Tart with Caramelised Breadcrumbs

When I was a child, the cookbook in our house that I most loved was the Australian Women’s Weekly Big Book of Beautiful Biscuits. I have the copy in my possession now though it is falling apart a little, some pages have my Mum’s notes scribbled on them and flicking through it gives me waves of nostalgia. I credit a desire to make the meringue mice and snails in this book with my eventual career in baking. We had baking essentials at home; orange scale