This pastry cream recipe tastes like sweet vanilla custard and is the perfect filling for cakes, pies, fruit tarts, and other desserts. It's basically vanilla pudding (if you're in the USA) or a custard, and is very easy to make! Also make it dairy free by substituting the milk with almond or soy, and leaving out the butter. #pastrycream #vanillapudding #custard #dairyfree #easy #filling