Verdens Beste Kake (The World's Best Cake) Recipe | Epicurious

Ingredients

• 2 cups (500 ml) whole milk
• 1 vanilla bean, seeds scraped
• 1 whole egg plus 1 egg yolk
• ½ cup (100 g) superfine sugar
• ¼ cup (30 g) cornstarch
• ½ tsp. salt
• 2 Tbsp. (25 g) butter
• 1¼ sticks (150 g) butter
• ⅔ cup (130 g) granulated sugar
• 5 egg yolks
• 1 cup plus 2 Tbsp. (150 g) all-purpose flour or cake flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract, or the seeds from 1 vanilla bean
• ⅓ cup plus 1 Tbsp. (100 ml) whole milk
• ⅔ cup (150 ml) whipping cream
• ½ portion of pastry cream
• 5 egg whites
• A pinch of cream of tartar
• 1¼ cups (250 g) granulated sugar
• ⅔ cup (75 g) slivered almonds