Custard square

Australia and New Zealand

In Australia, a variant of the mille-feuille is the custard slice or vanilla slice. It is made using a gelatin-set crème pâtissière, and sometimes passionfruit icing. "French Vanilla slice" refers to a similar product without fondant icing, sometimes just dusted with powdered sugar. In parts of Victoria, these various versions are all referred to affectionately as "snot block" due to the pale yellow colour of the custard filling. In New Zealand, it is variously known as a custard slice, a custard square, a vanilla slice, or, with passion-fruit icing, a passion-fruit slice.