Ingredients for cake:
 
125g butter soft
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 ½ cups flour
1 tsp cream of tartar
½ bicarbonate of soda
¾ cup milk
 
For topping:
 
½ cup flaked almonds
1/3 cup sugar
4 Tbsp Butter
 
Custard Filling:
 
½ cup milk
40g icing sugar
½ tsp vanilla essence
2 Tbsp water
1 Tbsp corn flour
1 egg (separated)
 
 
Method:
 
Topping:
Place topping ingredients in a pot and cook until light gold
Our mixture into a greases 20cm baking tin.
 
Cake:
 
Cream butter and sugar.Add eggs one at a time and beat well. Add cream of tartar and bicarbonate soda and beat.
Lastly alternate the milk and flour and beat. Pour half cake mixture over the topping.Pour the other half of cake mixture into another 20cm greased baking tin.Bake at 200C for 20- 25 minutes.Remove the cake without the topping and place on a cake platter.Make the custard and pour over the cake.Remove the cake with the topping and place over the custard
Dust the icing sugar and serve.
 
Making the custard:
 
Heat milk and add icing sugar and vanilla essence. Beat egg whites stiff and set aside.Mix the water, corn flour and yolks, and add to the milk mixture. Cook until mixture forms a custard. Remove heat and fold in egg whites. Leave to cool before pouring over cake.