Vanilla Slice

Difficulty: Medium

Makes 9 pieces

You know what I think is dope? You guessed it, vanilla slice. If bakeries only knew how easy and inexpensive it was to make popular bakery treats vegan, they’d have us eating out of the palm of their hands! Unfortunately they don’t, so you’ll have to use this recipe to get you through this difficult time.

Ingredients

• 2 sheets of puff pastry
• 1/2 cup caster sugar
• 1/2 cup custard powder
• 1 carton of Soyatoo Whipping Cream
• 2 cups of soy milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla essence
• 1 teaspoon agar agar powder
• 2 cups of icing sugar
• 1 teaspoon Nuttelex
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1/2 teaspoon strawberry essence
• 1 drop of pink food colouring
• Hot water
• Dessicated coconut

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 220°C.
2. Prick the pastry sheets with a fork and bake in the oven on lined baking sheets for 12 minutes.
3. Remove from the oven and cool.
4. Combine sugar, custard powder and Soyatoo in a large saucepan and stir constantly over a medium-high heat.
5. Once this mixture starts to thicken, gradually add milk, whisking constantly.
6. Add the vanilla and agar agar and continue to whisk.
7. Allow to cool for a few minutes.
8. Grease a large square tin and carefully place one sheet of pastry on the bottom, adding custard, then the final sheet of pastry.
9. In a medium bowl, combine icing sugar, Nuttelex and essences and gradually add hot water until it becomes quite thick in consistency.
10. Pour the icing on top of the pastry and sprinkle the coconut on top.
11. Place in the fridge to cool for at least 3 hours, cut into pieces and serve.