Eclair Cake with Custard

Eclair cake with custard is a favorite treat for tea!

Ingredients

• Flour – 150-160 g (1 cup)
• Water – 200-250 ml
• Butter – 80-100 g
• Eggs – 4-5 pcs.
• Salt – 1 pinch
• Milk – 400 ml
• Sugar – 200 g (1 glass)
• Eggs – 4-5 pcs.
• Flour – 50 g
• Butter – 100 g
• Vanilla – on the tip of a knife
  To grease the baking sheet:
• Vegetable oil – 1 tbsp

Directions

1. A glass of water is poured into a saucepan, salt and 100 g of butter are added.

   

2. Put the pan on the fire and bring the mixture to a boil with constant stirring. The mass is thoroughly mixed.
3. Then a glass of flour is added little by little, stirring constantly.
4. Leave for another 1-1.5 minutes over moderate heat with constant stirring, cool to 35-37 degrees (approximately to body temperature).
5. One by one, 4-5 eggs are gradually introduced, each time stirring the dough until smooth.

   

6. Turn on the oven. A baking sheet is greased with vegetable oil.
   Spread the dough into a pastry syringe and form oblong eclairs on a baking sheet.
   Custard cakes are baked in a preheated oven at 200 ° C for about 30 minutes (until golden brown). The finished eclairs are cooled and pierced.
7. To prepare the cream, eggs are mixed with sugar in a saucepan.
8. Milk, flour, and vanillin are added. Mix thoroughly.
9. The mass is brought to a boil, stirring constantly, and cooled. Then add softened butter and beat the cream until smooth.

   

10. The cakes are filled with cream using a pastry syringe. Ready-made Eclair cakes with custard are served with coffee or tea.