South African Melktert (Milk Tart)

This milk tart recipe is an easy traditional South African sweet tart made rich with milk and eggs topped with cinnamon sugar and baked until creamy.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 50 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Calories: 294 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 3 egg yolks
• 1 cup cake flour
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted
• 4 cups milk
• cooking spray
• 3 egg white
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon sugar
• 0.25 teaspoon salt

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Coat a 9-inch deep-dish pie plate with cooking spray.

Step 2

Mix together sugar and butter in a large bowl until smooth. Add egg yolks and beat until light and fluffy. Sift in cake flour, baking powder, and salt; stir until well-blended. Mix in milk and vanilla until combined.

Step 3

Whip egg whites with an electric mixer in a separate bowl to stiff peaks. Fold into batter. Pour into the prepared pie plate; sprinkle cinnamon sugar on top.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes, then reduce temperature to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Continue baking until the center is set when pie is gently jiggled, 25 to 30 minutes.