Meringue Cake with Whipped Cream and Raspberries

Name: Meringue Cake with Whipped Cream and Raspberries
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters confectioners sugar; 1 Tbsp cornstarch; 1 teaspoons cream of tartar; 4 larges egg whites, at room temperature; 118 milliliters granulated sugar, plus; 473 milliliters heavy cream; 1 pint fresh raspberries; 10 servings NOTE: You will need parchment paper for this recipe; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Meringue Cake with Whipped Cream and Raspberries

Meringue Cake with Whipped Cream and Raspberries might be a good recipe to expand your dessert recipe box. This recipe makes 10 servings with 288 calories, 3g of protein, and 18g of fat each. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of note: you will need parchment paper, egg whites, raspberries, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

The night before serving, adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and heat oven to 500 degrees.

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Oven

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.

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Baking Paper

Baking Sheet

Frying Pan

Whisk together confectioner's sugar, 1/2 cup granulated sugar and cornstarch. Set aside.

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Sugar

Corn Starch

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Whisk

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.

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Marshmallow Cream

Cream Of Tartar

Egg Whites

Sugar

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Blender

Bowl

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.

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Mounds Bar

Water

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Offset Spatula

Spatula

Set meringues in oven, close door and turn oven off (but leave oven light on).

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Oven

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.

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Wrap

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Baking Sheet

Wire Rack

Aluminum Foil

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.

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Vanilla

Cream

Sugar

Spread with half the cream and sprinkle on half the berries. Repeat with remaining meringue, cream and berries. Refrigerate, uncovered, until ready to serve.

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Berries