Jolynn's Meringue Gâteau

Name: Jolynn's Meringue Gâteau
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons almond extract; 1 Tbsp sliced almonds, toasted; 237 milliliters sifted cake flour; 10 servings Chocolate Syrup; 1 Tbsp cornstarch; 1 teaspoons cream of tartar; 2 egg whites; 4 egg whites; 4 egg whites (at room temperature); 3 egg yolks; 1 teaspoon olive oil; 10 servings Pastry Cream; 118 milliliters sifted powdered sugar; 118 milliliters sugar; 1 Tbsp sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

You can never have too many side dish recipes, so give Jolynn's Meringue Gâteau a try. This recipe makes 10 servings with 443 calories, 12g of protein, and 9g of fat each. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have almond extract, cream of tartar, cake flour, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 45

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Oven

Coat a 15 x 10-inch jelly-roll pan with cooking spray; line bottom of pan with wax paper. Coat wax paper with cooking spray, and set pan aside.

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Cooking Spray

Jelly

Roll

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Wax Paper

Frying Pan

Combine flour and cornstarch in a small bowl; stir well, and set aside.

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Corn Starch

All Purpose Flour

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Bowl

Combine 1/2 cup sugar, oil, 3 egg yolks, and 2 egg whites in a large bowl; beat at high speed of a mixer until thick and pale (about 5 minutes).

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Egg Whites

Egg Yolk

Sugar

Cooking Oil

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Blender

Bowl

Add vanilla; beat until blended.

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Vanilla

Add flour mixture to egg mixture, beating at low speed until blended; set aside.

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All Purpose Flour

Egg

Beat 4 egg whites and 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar at high speed of a mixer until foamy.

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Cream Of Tartar

Egg Whites

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Blender

Add 1 tablespoon sugar; beat until stiff peaks form. Gently fold egg white mixture into batter; pour batter into prepared pan, spreading evenly.

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Egg Whites

Sugar

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Frying Pan

Bake at 450 for 6 minutes. Turn oven off.

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Oven

Loosen cake from sides of pan, and turn out onto a dishtowel; carefully peel off wax paper, and let cake cool 1 minute. Starting at narrow end, roll up cake and towel together.

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Roll

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Wax Paper

Frying Pan

Place, seam side down, on a wire rack, and let cool completely (about 1 hour).

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Wire Rack

Unroll cake carefully; remove towel.

Brush Chocolate Syrup over cake, leaving a 1/2-inch margin around outside edges.

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Chocolate Syrup

Spread Pastry Cream over syrup, leaving a 2-inch margin around outside edges. Reroll cake; place, seam side down, on an ovenproof serving platter.

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Pastry Cream

Syrup

Preheat oven to 32

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Oven

Beat 4 egg whites and 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar at high speed of a mixer until foamy.

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Cream Of Tartar

Egg Whites

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Blender

Add powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until stiff peaks form.

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Powdered Sugar

Add almond extract, and beat until blended.

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Almond Extract

Spread meringue over cake roll (cake should be completely covered with meringue), and sprinkle almonds over meringue.

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Almonds

Spread

Roll

Bake at 325 for 25 minutes. Cover loosely, and chill at least 1 hour.

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Oven

Lighter Than Light version: Here's how you can lower the fat in Jolynn's Meringue Gteau even further without sacrificing the taste.

Omit the chocolate morsels in the Chocolate Syrup, and increase the water to 3 tablespoons.

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Chocolate Chips

Chocolate Syrup

Water

Use 1 (32-ounce) carton plain non-fat yogurt in the Pastry Cream, and use 1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract in addition to the almond extract. Increase the sugar to 1/3 cup.

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Vanilla Extract