After almost a year of lurking around here and learning a lot, I've decided to submit my first contribution to this most wonderful sub. This was my first recipe, which began as an attempt at Grants Vanilla Custard, and it is the one I've spent the most time on, tweaking slightly over many months and countless 30-120mL batches to what it is now. Inspired by many of your fine recipes and the knowledge of all of your individual successes, I began searching for a Custard which fit my palette with ingredients I could source from one shop (Wizard Labs). The following is the result. I hope you enjoy it.
Marshmallow (CAP) - 1.5%
Caramel Original (TFA) - 1.0%
Bavarian Cream (TFA) - 1.0%
French Vanilla (CAP) - 3.0%
New York Cheesecake (CAP) - 2.5%
Vanilla Custard v1 (CAP) - 5.5%
Optional (still working on getting these right, omitted from above for these reasons, but have had some success as S'n'V at following percentages):
Butter Cream (CAP) - 0.5%
Sweet Cream (CAP) - 0.5%
This works well as a shake and vape at anything from 60/40 to max VG. Personally, I enjoy it at 25pg/75vg for use in my Zephyrus and Bellus. I usually let it heat steep until thin, then shake the hell out of it. In my opinion its a good right away, but after about a month, this recipe really begins to shine.
This also works great as a base for fruity custards. One in particular is Blueberry Custard.
Marshmallow (CAP) - 1.5%
Caramel Original (TFA) - 1.0%
Bavarian Cream (TFA) - 1.0%
French Vanilla (CAP) - 3.0%
New York Cheesecake (CAP) - 2.5%
Vanilla Custard v1 (CAP) - 6.0%
Blueberry (CAP) - 3.5%
Blueberry Extra (TFA) - 1.0%
Ethyl Maltol (TFA) - 1 drop/12mL
Same idea here with heating until thin, shake and let sit for a bit.
Really nice after 3 days, best after 1 month. I haven't had experience letting it sit longer as I usually burn through it quickly.
I look forward to hearing thoughts and opinions. Thank you for taking time to check it out!
How's the coil gunk with this recipe?
Depends on how you're vaping it, in wattage mode I would notice a bit after a week or so at 40-47w @ 0.5 ohms. More recently I've switched to temperature control and haven't noticed an issue with it whatsoever under 510 F with Ni200 or Ti. I don't add any EM or other sweeteners to the main Custard recipe, but I feel it brings out the blueberry a bit.
This looks good. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you kindly. Looking forward to your thoughts!
Hey, after a full month's aging, my thoughts are "this is really good". Not as "heavy" as I feared it might be. Thanks for posting!
I'll be trying both of these recipes. I was wondering if I leave out the EM on the blueberry one if that will matter? I don't like to use sweeteners.
I generally avoid sweeteners as well, I think you could definitely avoid it in the blueberry recipe, but it may require more time to cure before you get a similar rounded flavor. The blueberry at that percentage when the mixture is young can tend to just add a sharpish-candy sweet type of flavor, I think the EM rounds it off a bit. Keeping in mind this is only one drop per 10-15mL. As a side note, I have always wanted to use bilberry as many people have, in concert with CAPs blueberry and TFA's BB Extra, but have never gotten around to buying it (for me it would only be a secondary flavor or blueberry enhancer). If you or anyone else has access to some bilberry and wants to try it, I'd be interested in the results.
How vanilla is it? I've used CAP's French Vanilla a few times and it has a slightly off-vanilla taste for me. Does it clash with the VC? I'm gonna mix it up and report back in a month (probably more like three days).
I get what you mean about french vanilla having a slightly off vanilla flavor, and agree. It does seem to add a different dimension to the vanilla profile but in my opinion it works for this recipe. Then again, you may hate it, that's what I find incredible about mixing and vaping in general, everyone has their own take on the tastes they experience. If anything, I hope that if someone doesn't dig it, maybe this could be a recipe that can be improved or modified to taste, out with this subs input something I could further develop. Hope you enjoy it, and I'm looking forward to your notes!