Vanilla slice

Vanilla slice
Vanilla Slice served in a Tasmanian bakery
Alternative namesSnot block, snot brick, phlegm cake, pus pie[1]
TypePastry
CourseDessert
Place of origin Australia
Main ingredientsPuff pastry, custard, powdered sugar

Vanilla slice is an Australian pastry comprising a thick layer of vanilla custard sandwiched between puff pastry and topped with icing sugar or thinly iced. Similar varieties of the dessert exist in Europe and North America, and it is believed to have evolved from one of the similar European desserts.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b Van Dyk, Garritt C (2023-12-25). "As Aussie as vanilla slice: how the delicate European dessert became the snot block of Aussie bakeries". The Conversation. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
  2. ^ Noone, Yasmin (2019-12-06). "Around the world in vanilla slice". SBS Food. Retrieved 2024-01-19.