Cheaters Vanilla Slices (australian)

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 (250 g) packet sao biscuits
• 1 (85 g) packet vanilla instant pudding mix
• 500 -600 ml thickened cream
• 1 cup icing sugar
• 1 teaspoon margarine
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• aluminum foil

Recipe

• 1 line a lamington tin or even a roasting pan with foil with enough extra to fold back over the top. dimensions must be in multiples of sao biscuits; either 3x4 or 4x3.
• 2 place sao biscuits in a 3x4 or 4x3 pattern on bottom (if need be use rolled paper to make a 'wall' to hold the edge.
• 3 pour thickened cream into bowl and pour pack of vanilla instant pudding mix over the top (can add a few drops of vanilla extract or essence for added flavour). whisk quickly and make sure all powder is dissolved, it thickens quickly.
• 4 pour mix over base of biscuits, spread as evenly as you can.
• 5 place an equal number of sao biscuits over the filling, pressing down to even it out if need be.
• 6 make a tangy lemon icing with icing sugar, melted marg (about 1 teaspoonful) and enough lemon juice and maybe a little boiling water - spread over the top of the top layer of sao biscuits then seal with the extra foil left over.
• 7 leave in fridge overnight.
• 8 take all out of foil and cut each sao in half plus cut between each biscuit square. makes 24.
• 9 tip: must be left overnight, but 24 hours is better.