How to learn how to make a delicious meringue cake 🍰

Kitchen appliances and utensils:

• 2 large bowls;
• mixer;
• silicone spatula;
• brush (for lubrication and impregnation);
• pan;
• baking dishes (2 pcs.);
• parchment paper;
• oven;
• plate.

Ingredients

Step cooking

1. Let's start with making meringues. Beat 2 egg whites until bubbles appear.
   
2. Add a pinch of salt and begin to whisk at maximum speed until soft peaks form. Next, switch the mixer to medium speed and begin to introduce a little 100 g of sugar. After all the sugar has been introduced, go to the maximum speed and continue whisking until stable peaks appear. The finished meringue should be a snow-white color and a silky texture (in appearance).
   
3. A round baking dish must be covered with parchment paper (both the bottom and the edges). For convenience, the mass can be transferred to a pastry bag. If this is not available, then simply shift the meringue into the form, level it as much as possible so that there are as few bumps as possible, and put the oven in preheated to 100 degrees. It will dry for about 2-2.5 hours. Readiness check with a toothpick. It can be either dry or slightly sticky, but moist.
   
4. In order to cook a biscuit, beat 2 eggs and 100 g of sugar, and also add 1 g of vanillin. Beat at the highest speed for about 7 minutes.
   
5. Sift 55 g of flour mixed with starch. The fact is that with the addition of starch, the biscuit will turn out to be more airy, since it takes away excess moisture. It is better to mix with a spatula from the bottom up or use a mixer for this (the speed should be minimal).
   
6. Lubricate the mold (diameter 20 cm) with butter. And gently shift the dough into it. Level everything well and put in the oven. Such a biscuit will be baked for about 10-15 minutes.
   
7. In the meantime, the first biscuit will be baked, you can make the dough for the second with exactly the same proportions and ingredients. To prepare the biscuit, carefully remove it from the mold and let it cool.
   
8. For impregnation, mix 200 ml of boiled water and 150-180 g of condensed milk. Fry and chop 100 g of walnuts.
   
9. And now you need to make a chocolate custard. To begin with, put a saucepan with 450 ml of milk on the fire before boiling. Mix 3 eggs, 150 g sugar and 75 g flour to a homogeneous state. For a little bit, we begin to introduce hot milk into the mass and immediately mix so that the eggs do not curl. So we introduce about half of the milk and mix until a homogeneous mass is obtained. We put the saucepan on the fire and now with a thin stream we introduce a little egg mixture, stirring actively. When it thickens, remove from heat and add 150 g of chocolate. While the custard is hot, the chocolate melts and is very easy to mix with the cream. Let the cream cool (to speed up the process, put the bowl of cream in a container of cold water).In the cooled chocolate mixture, add softened butter and mix using a mixer. You can even beat it a little. The cream is ready.
   
10. During this time, meringues should already be prepared, which must be carefully removed from the mold and allowed to cool slightly.
    
11. Putting the cake together. To do this, it is better to use a metal ring. At the very bottom we put biscuit cake and generously lubricate it with impregnation.
    
12. Next, with the help of a pastry bag, spread the chocolate custard on the biscuit.
    
13. Generously sprinkle with fried walnuts on top. And stack meringues on top. Press a little with your fingers so that it is well fixed.
    
14. Again, make a layer of cream and nuts on top. Soak the second biscuit separately and wait about 5-10 minutes until it is soaked well.
    
15. We put a biscuit on top of the cake, squeeze it as necessary and put in the refrigerator for 4 hours.
    
16. We make it at our discretion.
    

Video recipe

This bright and colorful video recipe will help you navigate in the process of making a cake with meringues. In addition, there you will find several important secrets needed by a novice pastry chef (or just a lover of delicious homemade cakes).