Yesterday, Mommy made some bread that used a lot of egg whites. She wanted to make custard because Daddy LOVES it. She taught me how to make custard and now Daddy is going to LOVE me when he gets home. When Momma is gone, I can make custard for daddy. It is very good.  It is easier than I thought, and here is the recipe we used.
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 1 1/2 cups coconut cream
- 1/4 -1/2 cups vanilla sugar plus 2 tsp vanilla sugar to add to eggs
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 8 egg yolks
- 5 Tbl cornstarch
- 2-5 Tbl butter
- Optional: Replace milk and coconut cream with half and half, or replace coconut cream with whipping cream
- Replace vanilla sugar with regular sugar.
- Use one vanilla bean, cut in half and seeds scraped into the half and half. Use the bean to make your own vanilla sugar.
Mix milk, coconut cream, salt and sugar (I used 1/4 cup) until dissolved over medium heat in heavy sauce pan.
Meanwhile beat the egg yolks with 2 tsp vanilla sugar. When sugar is dissolved, whisk in the cornstarch.
When milk mixture just starts bubbling, turn off heat. Whisk it little by little into the egg mixture to warm it up. When about half transfered, pour it all back into the saucepan. Over low heat, whisk until it thickens up. Turn off heat, put in bowl. Add butter and mix well.
Eat warm. Or place plastic wrap over it so it doesn’t get a crust. 
Place in refrigerator. Lick out cooking pan when it cools slightly. Daddy said if the custard is pourable, eat it over pies or cakes. If it is firm, eat it like pudding. He likes it both ways a lot!
This is very very good, but next time we are going to try it without cornstarch.
P.S. Daddy said that he would really like it with real fruitcake, like he used to eat when he was younger. I don’t know how to make it. If you have a recipe I could surprise him with, could you please send it to me?