Meringue and Sweet Butter Cake
Need a gluten free and lacto ovo vegetarian dessert? Meringue and Sweet Butter Cake could be an outstanding recipe to try. One portion of this dish contains approximately 3g of protein, 12g of fat, and a total of 347 calories. This recipe serves 8 and costs 43 cents per serving. Several people made this recipe, and 179 would say it hit the spot. A mixture of confectioners' sugar, unsalted butter, egg yolk, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 2 hours. It is brought to you by Serious Eats. With a spoonacular score of 4%, this dish is improvable. Try Yellow Butter Cake with Vanilla Meringue Frosting, Chocolate Peanut Butter Bundt Cake with Sweet Peanut Butter Icing, and Peanut Butter Meringue Pie for similar recipes.
Servings: 8
Ingredients:
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
4 teaspoons cornstarch
6 large egg whites, at room temperature
1 large egg yolk
2 cups (about 14 ounces) granulated sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons (4 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 teaspoons white vinegar
Equipment:
baking paper
oven
bowl
Cooking instruction summary:
Procedures 1 For the Meringue Layers: Adjust oven rack to upper-middle and lower-middle positions and preheat oven to 275°F. Grease 3 (9-inch) round cake pans with 2 tablespoons butter. Dust with confectioners’ sugar and tap out excess. Line bottoms of pans with parchment paper rounds. 2 Combine sugar and cornstarch in small bowl. Beat egg whites, vinegar, and salt on medium low speed until frothy, about 30 seconds. Increase speed to medium high, and, with mixer running, slowly add the sugar-cornstarch mixture 1 tablespoon at a time. When finished, continue mixing until stiff, glossy peaks form, about 2 minutes longer. Add vanilla and beat just until combined. 3 Spread an equal amount of meringue in prepared cake pans. Bake until dry and crisp, about 1 hour, rotating and alternating pans halfway through baking. Shut off oven, prop open with wooden cooking spoon, and allow meringues to sit in oven for 1 hour. 4 For the Sweet Butter and Assembly: Meanwhile, prepare the butter spread. Beat the butter, 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar, egg yolk, vanilla, and salt in a large bowl with mixer on low speed, about 1 minute. Once confectioners’ sugar is combined with butter, increase speed to medium and beat until mixture is light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. 5 Carefully invert 1 meringue onto a plate and remove and discard parchment. Place the meringue, top side up, on a serving plate or cake stand. Spread with half of butter mixture. Repeat inversion method with second meringue, arrange on top of butter mixture, spread with the remaining butter mixture, and top with third meringue. Sift remaining 2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar over meringue. Serve.
Step by step:
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2. For the Meringue Layers: Adjust oven rack to upper-middle and lower-middle positions and preheat oven to 275°F. Grease 3 (9-inch) round cake pans with 2 tablespoons butter. Dust with confectioners’ sugar and tap out excess. Line bottoms of pans with parchment paper rounds.
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4. Combine sugar and cornstarch in small bowl. Beat egg whites, vinegar, and salt on medium low speed until frothy, about 30 seconds. Increase speed to medium high, and, with mixer running, slowly add the sugar-cornstarch mixture 1 tablespoon at a time. When finished, continue mixing until stiff, glossy peaks form, about 2 minutes longer.
5. Add vanilla and beat just until combined.
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7. Spread an equal amount of meringue in prepared cake pans.
8. Bake until dry and crisp, about 1 hour, rotating and alternating pans halfway through baking. Shut off oven, prop open with wooden cooking spoon, and allow meringues to sit in oven for 1 hour.
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10. For the Sweet Butter and Assembly: Meanwhile, prepare the butter spread. Beat the butter, 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar, egg yolk, vanilla, and salt in a large bowl with mixer on low speed, about 1 minute. Once confectioners’ sugar is combined with butter, increase speed to medium and beat until mixture is light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
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12. Carefully invert 1 meringue onto a plate and remove and discard parchment.
13. Place the meringue, top side up, on a serving plate or cake stand.
14. Spread with half of butter mixture. Repeat inversion method with second meringue, arrange on top of butter mixture, spread with the remaining butter mixture, and top with third meringue. Sift remaining 2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar over meringue.
15. Serve.
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