23 October 2010

Orange-meringue cake

Meringue:
7 egg whites 
350 g sugar
2 tablespoons of starch 
100 g almonds
1 orange (zest and juice)

Cream:
300 g vanilla curd 
400 g whipping cream 
1 cup sugar
1 pack of cream strengtheners



Ornamental:
oranges, fruits, chocolate, etc.



*Separate the egg whites of yellow
*Whip the egg whites about 10 minutes and a little salt.
When egg white is slightly whipped, add sugar and whip not more than 5 minutes!
*Grate the orange zest and press out the juice
*Crush the almonds between your hands, mix them with orange juice, orange peel and starchand mix them together with the egg white foam
*Divide meringue quantity of two or three equal parts,and bake in oven 150 degrees for 20 minutes (I had more air rotary furnace oven. In ordinary oven for 40 minutes
*Let the meringue cool down,

meringue is a little softer than the one you can buy from shops

*Whip cream with sugar,
When the cream half whipped add strengthen and whip

*Use on part of the meringue as a platform and add whipped cream on it. You can also put some berries or fruits
*Put the second part of the meringue on top of the whipped cream and cover the whole cake with whipped cream
*Decorate the cake as you want by using fruits, berries, chocolate… what ever you want
*For the last, place the cake to the refrigerator for 2 hours




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