Vanilla Slice (Easy Version)

Step 1: Preheat oven to 200C (180C fan forced).

Step 2: Place pastry rectangles on line baking tray and bake till golden (5 to 7 minutes - check after 4 minutes).

Step 3: Combine sugar and cornflour in a saucepan, add milk a little at a time and whisk in so you don't form lumps.

Step 4: Bring to the boil, remove from heat and whisk in the vanilla, yolks and butter.

Step 5: Cool with cling wrap pressed onto the surface so a skin doesn't form.

Step 6: When mixture is cold, stir in cream.

Step 7: Split matchsticks in half lenghtways and spoon custard on to the flat side and top with the rounded top second piece.

Step 8: For passionfruit icing, mix the seeds and juice of the passionfruits well with the icing.

Step 9: Spoon over passionfruit icing or just dust with icing sugar.

Step 10: Serve immediately, if not doing so, make up and assemble just before serving, otherwise pastry will go soft, keep pastry in air tight container.