Eton mess cake

Name: Eton mess cake
Prep time: 1 h 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 15
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 175 grams unsalted butter; 5 Tbsps double cream, from a 300ml pot; 1 teaspoon vanilla paste or extract; 225 grams plain flour; 100 grams ground almonds; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 200 grams golden caster sugar; 5 larges eggs, at room temperature; 400 grams strawberries,½ roughly chopped, ½ finely sliced; 1 serving a little icing sugar, to serve; 4 meringues nests (50g 2oz), very roughly broken up

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Eton mess cake a try. Watching your figure? This lacto ovo vegetarian recipe has 283 calories, 6g of protein, and 17g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 15. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes. A mixture of baking powder, meringues nests, eggs, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious.

Instructions

Grease a deep, 20 x 30cm traybake or roasting tin, then line with parchment.

Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas

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Melt the butter, take off the heat and stir in the cream and the vanilla.

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Vanilla

Butter

Cream

Mix the flour, almonds, baking powder and tsp fine salt and set aside for later.

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Baking Powder

Fine Salt

Almonds

All Purpose Flour

Put the caster sugar and eggs into a large bowl, and whisk with electric beaters until very thick and foamy, about 5 mins.

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Caster Sugar

Egg

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Whisk

Bowl

Pour in the butter mix, whisk briefly, then add the flour mix and whisk briefly again until even. Stir in the chopped strawberries, then pour the batter into the tin and level the top.

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Strawberries

Flour Mix

Butter

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Whisk

Scatter the sliced strawberries and meringue over the cake, then bake for 40-45 mins until risen, golden and a skewer comes out clean. Cool for 20 mins in the tin, then transfer the cake to a rack. Just before serving, dust with a little icing sugar. Enjoy with the rest of the double cream, whipped if you like.

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Double Cream

Strawberries

Powdered Sugar

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Oven

Skewers

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Servings:

175grams

unsalted butter 5Tbsps

double cream, from a 300ml pot 1teaspoon

vanilla paste or extract 225grams

plain flour 100grams

ground almonds 1teaspoon

baking powder 200grams

golden caster sugar 5larges

eggs, at room temperature 400grams

strawberries,½ roughly chopped, ½ finely sliced 1serving

a little icing sugar, to serve 4

meringues nests (50g 2oz), very roughly broken up

Recommended wine: Cream Sherry, Moscato Dasti, Port

Cream Sherry, Moscato d'Asti, and Port are my top picks for Cake. A common wine pairing rule is to make sure your wine is sweeter than your food. Delicate desserts go well with Moscato d'Asti, nutty desserts with cream sherry, and caramel or chocolate desserts pair well with port. The NV Solera Cream Sherry with a 4.5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 17 dollars per bottle.