Verdens beste

A Norwegian dessert humbly known by the name "world's best". Indeed, this dessert is delicious with its layers of vanilla custard, berries, and fluffy sponge cake. Some also add toasted almond slivers to it.

Ingredients
10 tbsp butter
130 g sugar
5 egg yolks
150 g cake flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla sugar
100 mL milk

vanilla pastry cream from 0.5 L milk

5 egg whites
0.25 tsp cream of tartar
250 g sugar

Preparation
Line an 8x12-inch baking sheet with nonstick parchment paper. Preheat oven to 350F.

Beat the butter with the 130g sugar until fluffy and creamy, beat in the egg yolks. Add the vanilla sugar, flour, baking powder and mix well. 

Add the milk slowly and mix well.

Scrape batter into baking pan. In a separate bowl beat egg whites, cream of tartar, and 250g sugar until soft peaks. Spread onto cake layer.

Bake for 30-35 minutes, until meringue is golden brown. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into half and fill with pastry cream and sliced berries.