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Very good cake recipe, I used "Bird" custard.
Ingredients
  • subheading: FOR THE PASTRY CREAM FILLING:
  • 1¾ cups whole milk
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 4 egg yolks
  • ⅔ cup sugar
  • ¼ cup cornstarch
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 tablespoon rum
  • subheading: FOR THE CAKE LAYERS:
  • 1 cup cake flour, spooned into measuring cup and leveled off
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 3 large eggs, at room temperature
  • 2 large egg yolks, at room temperature
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ cup whole milk
  • 2 tablespoons 28g unsalted butter
  • subheading: FOR THE SOAKING SYRUP:
  • ¼ cup water
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  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon rum or your choice of liquor
  • FOR THE CHOCOLATE GANACHE TOPPING: Optional (condensed milk chocolate frosting)
  • ½ cup heavy cream
  • 4 oz bittersweet chocolate, chopped
Note: Ingredients may have been altered from the original.
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