Crème pâtissière is a cooked French custard, also known as vanilla pastry cream filling or crème pât. It is made with milk, butter , egg yolk, sugar, flour, and/or starch, which are cooked on ...

Rather, it is a buttery, soft cake sandwiched with a layer of sweet vanilla custard and topped ... is not too dense nor too delicate. The custard filling is as simple as can be.

One bite of my sister-in-law’s eclair cake at a family gathering, and I was transported back to childhood winter evenings in ...