Ingredients (for 6 people)

For the pastry:

• 325 g flour

• 7 eggs

• 250 g butter

• 250 g powdered sugar

• 14 g baker's yeast

• 0,25 l milk

• 1 vanilla bean

• salt

Procedure

1. Dilute the yeast in some warm water and mix it with 100 g flour. Set it aside for 2 hours in a warm place.(20°C).
    
2. Make an indentation in the rest of flour. Add to it 2 beaten eggs, 50 g sugar, a pinch of salt and 60 g softened butter. Knead the pastry well. Add the yeast and knead very well for at least a quarter of an hour. Put it in a bowl, cover it and let it rest for 2 hours.
    
3. Spread out the pastry with a pastry roll and put it in a pastry mould. Brush the surface with beaten egg yolk and powder with sugar. Put in the oven (8) and bake for 30 minutes. 
    
4. Prepare the French pastry cream: boil the milk with the vanilla bean. In a bowl, mix 2 egg yolks, 100g powdered sugar and 20 g flour. Add softened butter and mix it in well. Pour the boiling milk over it while constantly stirring with a whisk. Cook it over gentle heat for 3 minutes while it thickens. Stir constantly. Let it cool down.
    
5. Afterwards, prepare the butter cream: with the rest of the sugar and a tablespoon of water make a syrup. Add 2 egg yolks and 100 g softened butter. Whisk without stopping. Add the butter cream to the French pastry cream. Cut the cake in two layers and fill it with this cooled down cream.

How to Serve :

Serve it warm or cooled down with coffee or tea. 

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