Vegan vanilla custard is a must with any apple pie, chocolate cake or ice-cream. Just because we’re vegan doesn’t mean we can’t have epic custard to satisfy all our vegan dessert desires. I assure you, it tastes exactly the same and this vegan recipe takes about 5 minutes to whip up using normal everyday ingredients. Thank me later…
The trick I learned when wanting to make a vegan custard, sauce or juice thick is to create a flour-based paste and add it to your liquid. This will thicken any sauce or custard. Once heated the vegan custard will thicken. You can add more cornstarch to your recipe if you’re wanting it to be thicker.
This vegan custard recipe pairs really well with our latest flourless chocolate cake.
Easy Thick Vegan Vanilla Custard
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 1 make 2 cups 1x
Ingredients
- 2 cups soy milk (500 mls)
- 60 grams white sugar (approximately 4 tbs )
- 2 tbs lemon juice
- 1 tbs vanilla extract
- pinch sea salt
- 1/4 cup corn flour/corn starch
- 1/4 cup water (62.5 ml)
- pinch turmeric or vegan yellow food colouring
Instructions
- Add soy milk, vanilla, and salt and sugar to a small saucepan
- Mix together cornflour/corn starch and water in a separate bowl to form a paste
- Add to saucepan and place on a medium heat on your stovetop
- Gently bring to a boil whilst continuously stirring with a whisk until it thickens then take off heat
- To make it yellow either add a tiny pinch of turmeric or vegan yellow food colouring
Notes
Add more corn starch if you’re after a thicker custard
See YouTube video for all my tips, tricks and variations
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Cake Filling
- Cuisine: Dessert
Keywords: dairy free, egg free, vegan baking, vegan cake decorating, vegan custard
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