Melktert is a typical cake of South African cuisine and its name can be roughly translated from Afrikaans as "milk tart". In practice, it is a base of shortcrust pastry filled with a cream composed of milk, sugar, flour and eggs. There are a few different recipes to make this delicious dessert; read on to learn how to do it!
Ingrediants
- 100 g of softened butter
- 200 g of white sugar
- 1 egg
- 400 g of white flour
- 10 g of baking powder
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 liter of milk
- 5 ml of vanilla extract
- 15 g of butter
- 35 g of flour
- 35 g of corn starch
- 100 g of white sugar
- 2 beaten eggs
- A pinch of cinnamon
Steps
Step 1. Preheat the oven to 180 ° C
Step 2. Gather all the ingredients described in the previous list, as well as all the items in the "Things You Will Need" section
Step 3. Cream 100g butter or margarine with 200g sugar in a medium sized bowl
Step 4. Add an egg and keep blending the mixture until smooth
Step 5. Take a second bowl and mix 400g of flour with baking powder and salt
Step 6. Incorporate the flour mixture into the butter and sugar mixture
Continue to work the blends until they are well blended.
Step 7. Transfer the dough to the bottom and inner walls of two 22cm diameter cake pans
Step 8. Place both in the preheated oven for 10-15 minutes or until the dough is golden brown
Step 9. Pour the milk into a large saucepan, add the vanilla extract and 15 g of butter or margarine
Step 10. Turn on the stove over medium heat and bring the milk to a boil
Remove the pan from the heat when the liquid is boiling.
Step 11. Transfer the 35g of flour to the third bowl along with 100g of sugar and mix thoroughly
Step 12. Add two beaten eggs to the sugar and flour mixture
Step 13. Work everything with a whisk until you get a smooth batter
Step 14. Keep stirring and slowly pour the batter into the milk
Step 15. Return the pan to the heat and bring the mixture to a boil, stirring often for 5 minutes
Step 16. Pour half of the mixture into each pastry base
Step 17. Wait for the cream to cool and harden
Place the dessert in the refrigerator before serving.
Step 18. Enjoy this creamy cake
Advice
- To enhance the flavor of the dessert, sprinkle with ground cinnamon.
- By adding some cream to this milk tart, the result may be a little too heavy, try incorporating some sour fruit compote such as raspberries or black currants.
