PHYLLO PASTRY CUSTARD CAKE - Your Recipe Blog

Ingredients

• 1 pack (500 g) Phyllo pastry, defrosted overnight in the fridge
• 250 g butter / baking margarine, melted
• Custard:
• 2 cups milk
• 4 large eggs
• 2 cups sugar (you could cut sugar to 1 ½ cups of you want it less sweet)
• 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
• 2 teaspoons almond extract, optional
• Syrup:
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice from half a fresh lemon
• 1 cinnamon stick
• lemon peel from about half a large lemon