Australian Cream Cheese Slice

  1. Pastry: Sift into basin the flour, custard powder, icing sugar and baking powder.
  2. Rub in the butter, add sufficient milk to make a stiff dough (approximately 4 to 6 dessertspoons milk).
  3. Roll out 2/3 of the pastry and line a greased lamington tin, bringing the pastry 1.5 cm.
  4. up the sides.
  5. Prick the base and bake in a moderate over for 10 minutes; cool.
  6. Filling: Cream butter with the cream cheese until soft and creamy.
  7. Beat eggs and sugar until light and fluffy.
  8. Gradually add to the cream cheese mixture, then beat until smooth.
  9. Fold in sultanas, lemon rind and juice.
  10. Smooth filling over cooked pastry base.
  11. Cut remaining pastry into long strips and place diagonally over filling, lattice fashion.
  12. * Brush pastry with milk.
  13. Bake in a moderate oven (180 degrees C/350F) 35 to 45 minutes; while still warm.
  14. cut into slices; leave in tin until cool, then refrigerate.

flour, custard powder, icing sugar, baking powder, butter, milk, cream cheese, butter, eggs, sugar, sultanas, lemon, lemon juice

Taken from www.foodgeeks.com/recipes/17854 (may not work)

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