Danish Custard Cake

This is the most delicious cake, so easy to make! I spent many a happy coffee hour in a Danish Coffee shop/restaurant on Dixie Road, in Mississauga, with a few friends having a great cup of coffee, eating this cake, sharing and laughing over the foibles of our life! The restaurant is closed now, but the memories and the cake remain. Have some with your friends, enjoy with a dark coffee, don't even think about anything else but enjoying that moment.......

Danish Custard Cake

4 eggs(whites separated from yolks), room temp
1 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 cup sugar
1 stick butter, melted/125g
3/4 cup all purpose flour
2 cups milk lukewarm
powdered sugar for dusting cake

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 325 F degrees, line 8 inch x 8 inch baking dish with parchment.

Separate eggs, yolks in a small bowl, the egg whites to a stand mixer bowl, then beat egg whites until stiff, transfer to another bowl, set aside, wipe mixer bowl clean then add egg yolks to the bowl, beat well and while mixer is running incorporate sugar slowly, until mixture is light and fluffy, this is very important will give the cake its loft. Add butter and vanilla. Beat for two mins. Add the flour and mix it in by hand until fully incorporated. with a whisk,slowly start adding the milk and beat until everything is well mixed together. Add the egg whites, a third at a time and gently fold them in using a spatula, (a whisk sometimes works better but mix in slowly) repeat until all egg whites are folded in. Pour batter into the prepared baking dish and bake for approx 60 minutes or until the top is lightly golden. Cool and dust lightly with powdered sugar.