Meringue Cake

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A luscious layered cake, with whipped cream and pineapple filling in between.

Yield: Serves 8.

  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 4 egg yolks, well beaten
  • 1/2 cup sifted cake flour
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 4 egg whites
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1/2 pint heavy cream
  • 1 can (8 ounces) crushed pineapple, drained

Cream shortening and 1/2 cup sugar together. Add egg yolks and blend. Add 1/2 cup cake flour alternately with milk. Sift together 2 tablespoons flour, baking powder, and salt, and blend thoroughly into shortening mixture. Pour into 2 greased and floured round 9-inch springform pans.

Beat whites until frothy. Sift in 3/4 cup sugar gradually, beating until stiff. Blend in vanilla. Spread meringue on top of each layer. Sprinkle with nuts. Bake at 325 degrees F for 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from pans and cool. Whip cream and fold in pineapple. Spread between layers, with meringue on top and bottom.