{"id":7835,"date":"2026-09-25T20:15:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T20:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=7835"},"modified":"2026-09-25T20:15:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T20:15:25","slug":"magic-custard-cake-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/25\/magic-custard-cake-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic Custard Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Magic Custard Cake<\/h1>\n<h3>Ingredients<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>4 large eggs, separated<\/li>\n<li>\u00be cup granulated sugar (150 g)<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup unsalted butter, melted (115 g)<\/li>\n<li>\u00be cup all-purpose flour (95 g)<\/li>\n<li>2 cups warm milk (500 ml)<\/li>\n<li>1 pinch of salt<\/li>\n<li>Powdered sugar, for dusting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Instructions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat the oven to <strong>325\u00b0F (160\u00b0C)<\/strong>. Grease an <strong>8 \u00d7 8-inch (20 \u00d7 20 cm)<\/strong> baking dish with butter.<\/li>\n<li>In a clean bowl, beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt until stiff peaks form. Set aside.<\/li>\n<li>In another large bowl, beat the egg yolks, sugar, and vanilla until pale, light, and creamy.<\/li>\n<li>Add the melted butter and mix until well combined.<\/li>\n<li>Gradually add the flour and mix until smooth.<\/li>\n<li>Slowly pour in the warm milk while mixing continuously until you have a thin, smooth batter.<\/li>\n<li>Gently fold the beaten egg whites into the batter in <strong>3 additions<\/strong>. Do not overmix. The batter will remain very liquid with some small lumps of egg white, and that is normal.<\/li>\n<li>Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish.<\/li>\n<li>Bake for <strong>50\u201360 minutes<\/strong>, or until the top is golden brown and the cake is set around the edges with a slight jiggle in the center.<\/li>\n<li>Remove from the oven and allow the cake to cool completely.<\/li>\n<li>Refrigerate for at least <strong>2 hours<\/strong> before serving.<\/li>\n<li>Dust generously with powdered sugar, slice, and serve chilled.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>The Result<\/h3>\n<p>This magical cake naturally forms <strong>three layers<\/strong> while baking: a fluffy sponge layer on top, a creamy custard layer in the middle, and a denser cake layer on the bottom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Magic Custard Cake Ingredients 4 large eggs, separated \u00be cup granulated sugar (150 g) 1 teaspoon vanilla extract \u00bd cup&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7835"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7837,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7835\/revisions\/7837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}