Custard Cake Recipe
Custard Cake resembles a chiffon cake with a topping of sweetened milk and egg mixture known as custard. At first glance, this could be mistaken as a giant Leche Flan because the topping resembles one. Guess what? The topping of this cake is definitely Leche flan and the only distinction is the soft cake below.
In the Philippines, this is usually available by the slice in local bakeries (or panaderya). I remember always getting this along with egg pie. I find this dessert very tasty and sweet so pairing this up with kapeng barako (brewed coffee) to balance the sweetness is not a bad idea.
Do you also want the recipe for egg pie? Just let me know.
Try this Custard Cake recipe.
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Custard Cake resembles a chiffon cake with a topping of sweetened milk and egg mixture known as custard. At first glance, this could be mistaken as a giant Leche Flan because the topping resembles one. Guess what? The topping of this cake is definitely Leche flan and the only distinction is the soft cake below.
In the Philippines, this is usually available by the slice in local bakeries (or panaderya). I remember always getting this along with egg pie.
I find this dessert very tasty and sweet so pairing this up with kapeng barako (brewed coffee) to balance the sweetness is not a bad idea.
I like chilled custard cake. I simply refrigerate the cake (after letting it cool down) for 2 hours before serving. Sometimes I even add whipping cream on top to make it more enjoyable.
Try this Custard Cake recipe.Let me know what you think.
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Custard Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- >>Caramel:
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- >>Custard:
- 6 eggs
- 1 can condensed milk
- 1 cup fresh milk
- ΒΌ cup granulated sugar
- >>Cake:
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 cup milk mixed with 1/4 cup water milk diluted in water
- 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon lemon rind
- 6 egg yolks
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 cups cake flour sifted
- >>Meringue:
- 6 egg whites
- 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
Instructions
- Create the caramel. Heat a 9 x 13 or circular baking pan in the stove top using medium heat. Pour-in the granulated sugar and let stand until the sugar melts (or turns into caramel). You may want to stir the sugar once in a while to make sure that everything is equally distributed within the area of the baking pan. Set aside.
- Create the custard. Combine milk, egg yolks, and sugar in a mixing bowl. Stir the ingredients until everything is properly distributed.Pour the custard mixture on the baking pan with caramel. Set aside
- Create the cake. In a clean mixing bowl, beat the egg yolks then gradually add the sugar. Continue beating for about 2 minutes. Put-in a small amount of cake flour alternately with the milk diluted in water and mix well. Do this procedure until the cake flour and milk diluted in water are completely used up. Put-in the lemon rind then beat until texture is smooth. Set aside.
- Create the meringue. Beat the egg whites using an electric mixer until texture becomes bubbly (use high speed). Add the cream of tartar then continue to beat until texture becomes fluffy (about 3 to 4 minutes in high speed). Gradually add the sugar then continuously beat until meringue is shiny and firm.
- Fold the cake mixture into the meringue until well blended
- Pour the folded cake and meringue mixture over custard mixture in the baking pan.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
- Pour about 6 to 8 cups of hot water on a roasting pan (with rack) then place the cake pan on top of the rack.
- Place the roasting pan that contains the cake pan with all the mixtures in the oven and bake for about 60 minutes or until the toothpick test indicates that the cake is ready.
- Remove cake from the oven and allow the temperature to cool down.
- Transfer to a serving tray then refrigerate for at least an hour.
- Serve chilled, share and enjoy!
Nutrition Information
Watch the cooking video:
Panlasang Pinoy says
Hi Cecille, they are different. I still recommend cake flour for this recipe.
lhil batallones says
thanks for sharing this recipe sir, i just want to ask if i can use all purpose flour instead of cake flour i went to all store here but i really can’t find it only apf, plain flour, self rising flour and corn flour …God bless
Panlasang Pinoy says
Using all-purpose flour for this recipe will not make the cake as soft as intended. I still recommend cake flour , Lhil.
jaleesa says
greetings from the land down under!
i have tried your recipe so many times and yes, this recipe is great! my family, friends and colleagues all love the custard cake
i have one small problem though. the custard itself doesn’t come out smooth compared to the cake photo/ youtube video shown on your website. i tried and baked so many times (more than 20x) and i still get like a cut on the custard. i can’t seem to get a smooth one π the texture of the cake is perfect, soft and light. i have no complain about the recipe except that the custard doesn’t come out perfect.
can you please help me on what i’ve done wrong?
thanks.
Marilyn says
Kuya question lang po, what kind of cax mix do u use? and also can u use lemon essence instead of lemon rind?
And thank you for loading this custard cake I was looking for this for a long time. Thank you and godbless!
failer says
sigh..mine tasted like leche flan na cake, is that how it supposed to taste? i just fail at baking π
Rhoda says
I always tried your recipe and its really great,my family and friends loves it.thank you so much..now i will try this custard cake..thanks a million..Godbless.
AILEN says
kuya can I mix the meringue with the ready mix yellow cake instead of making my own cake batter? I don’t think I can find flour cake at our local grocery store…have a good day kuya.
Panlasang Pinoy says
Ailen you can also do that.
roela says
I just did this custard cake ’cause this is my family’s favorite back in the Phil. I always wondered how you get the cake on the leche flan or is it the other way around. Thanks for the enlightenment and the simplicity in your instructions, my attempt tonight is one take and it is perfect!!! It is amazing I can now bake this fave dessert of mine. Kaya lang limit ko is one small square only (too sweet and too much calories). I also did siopao asado w/ the help of my 2 boys and my husband and it is so good, too. Just have to perfect my shaping. Oops, one more, we also did pan de sal and it was successful, too. All these I did in my 2 days off. Now I am looking forward more to more cooking and baking with your help. Thanks a lot Panlasang Pinoy! More power to you, and God Bless!!!!
Panlasang Pinoy says
marj I used fresh milk, not powdered. A cup is needed as indicated. Hope this helps.
angellhil says
yes sir, kindly post also the recipe of egg pie..thanks for sharing…God bless
Jayneh says
kuya,ano pala ang alternative nang cream of tartar?dami nakong pinuntahan dito sa suoermarket ng Finland,di nila alam ang cream of tartar!pwedi bang hindi lagyan nito?
Panlasang Pinoy says
The best substitute is 1 1/2 teaspoon of lemon juice or vinegar (since cream of tartar is also acidic in content). However, this will not guarantee the exact result compared to using cream of tartar.
elie says
Hi kuya,
Thank you for this recipe. This is great. I will try to do this one day. Please post your eggpie recipe as well. I am learning so much from your website.
MindanaoBabe says
bravo! stalap!
wheng says
looks so delicious… I would bake this soon! Yes, please.. i want also the recipe for egg pie. iΒ΄ve been craving and searching for that recipe. Thanks in advance.
rena says
kuya ano ba yong cream of tartar?, may replacement ba yon?
albert says
cream of tartar is an stabilizer to d egg whites.if u cnt find just use a teaspoon of lemon juice or calamansi juice.
icing says
thanks for this recipe!been looking all over for this n finally i found it from u..i just lov ur recipe’s n so trust it. would definitely want to have a recipe for egg pie, plsssssss! my husband kept asking me to make one but could not find any recipe..kaya kuya pls pls pls..post it. Thanks so much!
Amy Oguro says
So yummmmy…try ko to.magugustuhan na naman ng mga kids ko. thanks a lot.
prescilla says
wahhh sira agad ang nasimulan kong diet ngaung 2010.. wahhh
micoamor says
hi! this looks great! can’t wait to try and make it π is it possible if you can make buko pie?
Rina says
hmmm may bago na naman akong assignment! sarrap!