Preheat oven to 425 and thaw puff pastry so it can easily be stretched.
- Using rolling pin stretch the puff pastry sheet to be slightly bigger than 13×9.
- Bake stretched out puff pastry on 425F for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.
- Bake your second sheet. Leave to cool.
- Separate eggs; leave the whites in a mixer bowl and egg yolks in another bowl.
- Add 1 cup of milk to the yolks and your corn starch and mix well.
- In a small bowl combine gelatin with 3 tablespoons of water.
- Pour remaining two cups of milk and whipping cream into a large pot, add 2 cups of sugar, vanilla and bring everything to a boil.
- Then add your yolk mixture, stirring constantly until it thickens (about 1 minute).
- Transfer to a large bowl and add gelatin. Mix with a wire whisk until gelatin is completely melted.
- Put a plastic wrap directly onto the filling to prevent it from forming a crust at the top and let it cool down just a little.
- When the custard cream is lukewarm start mixing your egg whites. Gradually add remaining 1/2 cup of sugar and mix until a meringue gets firm. Add whites to the custard in thirds and mix well after each addition.
- Put one baked puff pastry sheet on the bottom of your pan. Pour custard cream over it.
- Cut another sheet in 12 squares and arrange them onto the top of cake. Refrigerate for at least 8 hours.
- You can now dust with powder sugar before serving and cut into your pre-arranged squares to serve.