A Beast

Recently my brother had his 10th birthday. I baked him a 4 layered cake. It was larger than I expected. The full title of the cake would be: a 4 layered vanilla cake filled with a vanilla pastry cream and frosted with a chocolate buttercream.
      Pastry cream. People forget about it. Some treat it with as little respect its unbearable, Little do they know that pastry cream is a great thing. Easy to make, a great tasting, its a great filling to cakes..... or just eating in general.

Heres how to make it:

2 cups whole milk

6 large egg yolks 

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 teaspoons salt

1/4 cup cornstarch

2 tbs unsalted butter

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Heat the milk in a saucepan over medium low heat until it reaches just a simmer. At the same time beat the egg yolks with the sugar, than add the cornstarch and continue beating until light and thick. Add like 1/4 of the milk mixture slowly whisking to temper the egg mixture. When the egg mixture is slightly warm to the touch add them to the rest of the milk. Cook over medium heat for about 1 minute whisking. Off the heat add the extract and the butter. Strain and cover with plastic wrap and chill for a least 1-2 hours. Or if just eating just dig in.