Vanilla Cream Meringue Cake Recipes

MERINGUE CAKE WITH WHIPPED CREAM AND RASPBERRIES

Steps:

• The night before serving, adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and heat oven to 500 degrees.
• Line a lipped cookie sheet (approximately 12 by 18 inches) with parchment paper. Trace two side-by-side rectangles - about 5 inches by 12 or 13 inches - on the paper. Crumple the paper, then smooth it out again and line the bottom of the pan.
• Whisk together confectioner's sugar, 1/2 cup granulated sugar and cornstarch. Set aside.
• In the bowl of a mixer, beat egg whites and cream of tartar until they turn from foamy to white and beaters just start to leave a trail. On low speed, add sugar mixture, a heaping tablespoon at a time. Increase speed to medium-high and beat to the consistency of marshmallow cream, 2 to 3 minutes longer.
• Just before forming meringues, flick water onto parchment with fingertips. Divide meringue in half, spooning two or three mounds down each traced rectangle. Use a rubber spatula, or a cake decorator's metal offset spatula, to fill in and even out rectangles.
• Set meringues in oven, close door and turn oven off (but leave oven light on). Let meringues dry overnight. Remove, then carefully set a wire rack or cookie sheet over meringues. Invert; peel off parchment and turn right side up. (It's OK if edges chip.) Wrap in foil and set aside until ready to proceed.
• No more than two hours before serving, whip cream to soft peaks, beating in remaining sugar and the vanilla. Set one meringue on a platter. Spread with half the cream and sprinkle on half the berries. Repeat with remaining meringue, cream and berries. Refrigerate, uncovered, until ready to serve.

VANILLA CREAM MERINGUE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 125c. Line a baking tray with baking paper. Mark off 2 circles the same size as the cake tins. Make meringue. Mix together sugar, vinegar, vanilla nd water until stiff. whisk egg whites, add in baking powder and fold in to sugar mix. Spread over circles on paper and cook for 1hr. Cool. 2. Reheat oven to 180c. Line 2 23cm baking tins grease the paper and the sides of pan. 3. with and electric mixer, beat sugar and eggs until thickened. Add flour, milk, oil, vanilla pod, scraped and seeds removed, baking powder and vanilla essence. Mix until smooth. 4. Pour into tins and bake for 30 to 40 mins or until skewer comes out clean. 5. Cool. 6. to assemble, whip cream,cut cake in middle in 2 layers. cover one layer with cream, then a meringue, then cream, and repeat until all layers are together and top with cream and some fresh fruit if desired.