Crust ingredients:
250g butter
250ml (1 cup) sugar
2 x-large eggs
500g (3 1/2 cups ) cake flour
10ml (2tsp.)baking powder
pinch salt
Filling ingredients:
750ml (3 cups )milk
cinnamon stick
45 ml (3Tblsp) custard powder
15ml (1 Tblsp) cornflour
condense milk (according to taste…I used a little over 10 Tblsp.)
pinch salt
15ml (1Tblsp) butter
3 x-large eggs, separated
Directions:
Preheat oven to 180c.
Crust
Cream the butter and sugar.
Add the eggs and beat well.
Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together.
Add to the egg mixture, beating well.
Press into two greased pie dishes or cut out rounds and make minis and place in mini foil trays or muffin pans.
Bake for about 10mins.
Filling
Heat the milk and cinnamon together.
Combine the cake flour,cornflour,condense and salt.
Add a little milk to the flour mixture and make a paste.
Then stir the paste into the hot milk and bring to the boil stirring continuously to avoid lumps.
Add the butter.
Beat the egg yolks and add to the milk mixture .
Remove from stove.
Beat the egg whites until stiff and add to the filling.
Pour the filling into the crusts and sprinkle with a little cinnamon powder.
Bake for 10 mins.
