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Raspberry Custard Cake

Preparation time: 145 min
Serves 10 people
3.71 Average Rating

This Custard Cake with Raspberries is a beautifully layered dessert where creamy custard meets tender cake and bursts of juicy raspberries. The base cake is rich, topped with a swirl of custard, while a crisp crumble and extra raspberries add texture and brightness. Whether served warm or at room temperature, it's an elegant yet comforting finale for dinner parties or Sunday treats. 

Ingredients

Custard
  • 300ml pure cream
  • 300ml milk
  • 6 egg yolks
  • 2 tbsp cornflour
  • 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
  • ⅓ cup caster sugar
Crumble
  • ⅓ cup plain flour
  • ⅓ cup brown sugar
  • 60g unsalted butter, chopped
  • ⅓ cup rolled oats
  • ⅓ cup flaked almonds
Cake
  • 1 cup caster sugar
  • 125g unsalted butter, chopped, room temperature
  • 3 eggs, room temperature
  • 1¼ cups chilled custard (recipe in step one)
  • ½ cup milk
  • 1⅔ cups self-raising flour, sifted
  • 200g frozen or fresh raspberries, extra to serve
  • Icing sugar, to dust

Method

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Custard
  1. Combine cream and milk in a medium saucepan over a medium heat until it is about to simmer.
  2. Meanwhile, whisk yolks, cornflour, vanilla and sugar together in a large heatproof bowl. Slowly pour in the hot cream mixture whilst continuing to whisk until combined.
  3. Return mixture to the saucepan and place over low heat. Cook, whisking constantly, until the custard thickens and thickly coats the back of a spoon. Transfer to a large heatproof bowl. Set aside to cool slightly. Cover the surface with plastic wrap. Refrigerate until thick and cold, about 4 hours or overnight.
Crumble
  1. Combine flour and sugar in a bowl. Using your fingertips, rub butter in. Squeeze pieces of the mixture together to form large pieces of crumble. Mix in oats and ¼ cup of the almonds. Set aside.
Cake
  1. Preheat oven to 160°C (fan-forced). Invert the base of a 23cm, base measuring 22cm springform pan. Grease and line the base and sides with baking paper.
  2. Beat butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer until pale and creamy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until combined. Stir in ½ cup of the custard. Add flour and milk in two batches, stirring until combined.  Spoon mixture into prepared pan and smooth surface.
  3. Dollop teaspoonfuls of the remaining ¾ cup custard on top of the cake batter, then sprinkle with 1⅓ cups (140g) of the frozen raspberries. Press raspberries into custard and cake batter. Sprinkle with crumble, then remaining raspberries and remaining almonds.
  4. Bake for 1 hour and 40 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted into cake. Cover with foil when beginning to get dark on top. Stand in pan for 40 min before removing. Dust lightly with icing sugar and serve warm or room temperature with the remaining custard.  

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Notes

  • Leftover cake will keep in a sealed container in a cool place up to 3 days or freeze in pieces wrapped in plastic wrap.

Nutrition Per Serve

  • 240g Serving size
  • 2580kJ 617kcal Energy
  • 11g Protein
  • 36g Total fat
  • 20g Saturated fat
  • 66g Carbs (total)
  • 43g Carbs (sugar)
  • 240mg Sodium
  • 2g Fibre
  • 3.7µg Vitamin D

Reviews

Overall Rating

Average Rating: 3.71

11 reviews