Chocolate Meringue Cake

Chocolate Meringue Cake

Posted 2015-05-17 by ammrfollow

This cake has chocolate sponge, meringue, cream and almond flakes.

What more can you ask for? Despite the description however, it is not overly sweet.

Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes
Makes: 1 cake

Ingredients
Cake
125 g caster sugar
125 g softened butter
2 egg yolks
75 g plain flour
40 g cocoa powder
100 ml milk
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla extract
pinch of salt

Meringue
125 g caster sugar
2 egg whites
1 handful of almond flakes

Construction
300 ml heavy cream
2 tbsp icing sugar plus extra for dusting
1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Method
  • Preheat oven to 180c. Line a 20x30cm rectangle baking tin with greaseproof paper.

  • Beat the softened butter and caster sugar until pale and fluffy. Add vanilla and egg yolks, and beat a few more seconds to combine.

  • Sift in plain flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt into the butter mixture. Mix everything together until well combined.

  • Loosen up the mixture by adding in milk. Fold everything together.

  • Transfer to the lined baking tin, spreading the batter into a thin layer.

  • Make the meringue. Whip up the egg whites to soft peaks then whisk in the caster sugar until it dissolves and goes glossy.

  • Spread the meringue mixture on top of the chocolate sponge mixture.

  • Scatter with the flaked almonds.

  • Bake for 20 minutes, then place on a cooling rack and allow to cool completely in the tin.

  • Whip up cream, 2 tbsp icing sugar and vanilla extract to soft peaks.



  • Turn the cake out carefully and cut in half.


  • Lay one half of the cake on the serving platter chocolate side up. Spread all of the whipped cream on top of this cake.


  • Top with the other half, chocolate side down. Dust with icing sugar.

  • Categories
    #cake
    #dessert
    #afternoon_tea
    #chocolate
    #meringue



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