Magic Custard Cake Recipe

This is called a magic custard cake recipe for good reason – one batter, baked in one pan, transforms into a 3-layer cake. No torting or frosting required. Magic.

My initial goal was to bake a traditional Filipino custard cake. But reading the recipe already exhausted me because it was 3 pages long and took something like 5 hours to make. No energy for complicated endeavours at the moment. Then I saw this magic custard cake recipe. Not only was it custard (which was what I was originally gunning for), it was magic. Now who wouldn’t want that?

No layer cake recipe can be simpler than this magic custard cake recipe

This is how it goes: you work with one batter. You pour it into one pan. In about an hour you end up with a 3-layer cake, no torting necessary (what). I don’t know how or why. And I don’t need to. All I know is that it’s stress-free to make.

The best thing about it is it doesn’t look easy to make at all. It looks like it took you hours to bake. It looks like it takes great technique. It doesn’t!

But is it good?

Absolutely. It does not taste like the custard cake I was craving for but it’s delightful nonetheless. The bottom layer has the texture of gelatin. But firmer. The middle layer is your custard – rich and creamy. The top layer is your cake – light and airy. Interesting, right? Sprinkle with confectioner’s sugar and you have a cake that tastes as good as it looks.

A whole world of magic cakes

This is the first time I’ve heard of magic cakes but apparently there is a lot of variations you can do. I think Jo Cooks is the definitive magic cake expert and just looking at all the magic cakes she’s done, you just want to try each one and never bake a non-magic cake ever again.

Go and start with this one. It’s quick, easy and fool-proof. Who says muggles can’t do magic? (Who says I’m a muggle?)

(This recipe adapted from Jo Cooks).

Happy baking, muggle!

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