Editing Vanilla slice (section)

{{short description|Australian pastry}}
{{use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{use Australian English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox food
| name = Vanilla slice
| image = Vanille Slice Australia.jpg
| caption = Vanilla slice served in a [[Tasmanian]] bakery
| alternate_name =  Snot block, snot brick, phlegm cake, pus pie<ref name="AussieVS"/>
| country = {{AUS}}
| course = Dessert
| type = Pastry
| main_ingredient = [[Puff pastry]], [[custard]], [[powdered sugar]]
}}

'''Vanilla slice''' is an [[Australian cuisine|Australian]] pastry comprising a thick layer of [[vanilla]] [[custard]] sandwiched between [[puff pastry]] and topped with [[icing sugar]] or thinly iced. Similar varieties of the dessert exist in Europe and North America, and it is believed to have evolved from one of the similar European desserts.<ref name="AussieVS">{{cite news |last=Van Dyk |first=Garritt C |date=2023-12-25 |title=As Aussie as vanilla slice: how the delicate European dessert became the snot block of Aussie bakeries |url=https://theconversation.com/as-aussie-as-vanilla-slice-how-the-delicate-european-dessert-became-the-snot-block-of-aussie-bakeries-214378 |work=[[The Conversation (website)|The Conversation]] |access-date=2024-01-19}}</ref><ref name="AroundWorld">{{cite news |last=Noone |first=Yasmin |date=2019-12-06 |title=Around the world in vanilla slice |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/food/article/around-the-world-in-vanilla-slice/7zhmkpcgk |work=SBS Food |access-date=2024-01-19}}</ref>