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The first time I had this was around 2002 when my friend Nadia made it for me. I had one bite and I was hooked mbaya mbovu (real bad). You know those desserts that you eat and automatically, just like in the movies, your eyes close? This is one of them.
I cooked it the other day and I have had such a hard time staying away from the fridge. This is the ideal comfort food dessert- thats a thing right? ha! It has few ingredients and in less than half an hour you’re cuddling with it on the couch, eating yourself to a happy place.
I call it custard because it’s quite similar. The steps are pretty much the same except that this is creamier because of the milk powder.
This is a cure all for the blues; breaking up, a tough day at work, pms & everything in between so try it and share with someone that needs this. Let me know how it turned out by leaving a comment below. I look forward to hearing from you.
Delicious custard teamed up with digestive biscuits for a creamy dessert
That looks like easy to make, nyummy comfort food. Can’t wait to try this especially on those pms days.
Its really easy! Id love to see pics 🙂
Wow, looks fab! Will definitely try it!
Please do and let me know how it turns out. x
In the directions…I don’t see where you used the water lol
gosh, thank you. It was a typo on my part 🙂 rectified it
Why Custard Cake while you did not use Custard Powder at all ?
Thats the name i was given when i was taught the recipe 20+ years ago 🙂 i stuck to it
Made this today.
Delicious and easy to make.
Thank you so much.
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Just made this very easy dessert and couldn’t stop eating the extras on the the spoon. It is absolutely delicious and can’t wait for my family to try it at dinner time after my homemade chicken tikka.
I just found your site recently and looking forward to trying some of your other recipes. We have a recipe almost exactly like your ‘mitai’ with the exception of yeast.
Have a great day. Take care.
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So happy to hear you like the recipe Shireen 🙂
I made this over the weekend, with just a couple tiny changes – I didn’t have digestive biscuits, but I had Biscoff cookies, which worked really well. In the spirit of Christmas, I added just a pinch of nutmeg and cinnamon, to give it a little bit of a holiday eggnog flavor, and topped each slice with a little whipped cream. SO GOOD! I think next time I might try a dusting of sugar and maybe torching the top for a crispy topping, or some chocolate shavings or fruit on top, just to see what happens. Really easy, and came together faster than a traditional creme patissiere.
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I love the idea of adding sugar and torching the top! Like a creme brulee. Thank you for that amazing tip