This nutty meringue cake is a light and nutty delight that makes for a perfect treat on a hot summer’s day. Although the end result is quite impressive and looks like it was difficult to make, the process itself is actually rather simple. Â Just be careful to not leave the meringues in the oven too long so that they don’t burn!
Butter and flour a baking sheet and two standard sized flan rings (about 23cm wide by 2-3cm deep).
Place the rings on top of the prepared baking sheet.
Mix together the granulated sugar and cornflour.
Fold the egg whites into the mixture.
Pour the mixture into the prepared rings and bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes.
Remove from the oven and let the meringue cool in the rings.
While the meringues are cooling, grind the peanuts and almonds together in a blender or food processor. Put them in a bowl and mix them with the cream cheese, vanilla extract and all but 1 tablespoon of the icing sugar. This is the icing mixture.
Mix well and ensure that the icing is well blended.
Remove the rings from the two meringues.
The side that was touching the baking sheet will be very flat. Place one of the meringues on a serving plate with this side down.
Spread about 75% of the icing evenly on top of the bottom meringue layer.
Place the other layer of meringue on top of the icing and bottom layer.
Use a spatula to spread the rest of the icing over the sides of the cake, partly covering the top meringue layer.
Put the icing sugar and cocoa powder in a sieve and sprinkle over top of the meringue to create a light chocolate blanket.
This entry was posted on Tuesday, 3 July, 2012 at 11:32 am by Sarah White and is filed under Desserts, Less than 1 hour.
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This nutty meringue cake is a light and nutty delight that makes for a perfect treat on a hot summer’s day. Although the end result is quite impressive and looks like it was difficult to make, the process itself is actually rather simple. Â Just be careful to not leave the meringues in the oven too long so that they don’t burn!
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