Use a little more cornflour if you like your custard thick. Put the egg yolks in a medium saucepan with the cornflour and sugar. Scrape the vanilla seeds into the pan, or add the vanilla extract ...
(You will not need the whites for this recipe ... sugar to make vanilla sugar). Slowly pour the hot cream and milk onto the eggs and sugar, whisking as you go. Transfer the custard to a clean ...
Whip the cream with icing sugar and vanilla until quite stiff. Fold in the custard To assemble the cake: Place the springform ring only on a serving plate and place one of the choux discs ...