Vanilla Custard Cream Cake - Inspired Cuisine

Ingredients

• 4 large egg whites
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• vegetable spray (for spraying cookie sheet )
• 1/2 cup soft unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup plus 2 tbsp sugar
• 4 large egg yolks
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/2 cup sliced almonds or chopped walnuts or pecans
• 1 1/4 cup milk
• 1 1/2 tbsp Bird's Custard Powder
• 1 1/2 tbsp sugar
• 1/2 cup apricot or strawberry jam (heated until easy to spread)
• 1/2 cup whole walnuts or pecans (chopped)