Delicious, refreshing Red Currant Meringue Cake. Can use made with other fruits such as raspberries, blueberries, strawberries and cranberries.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time35 minutesmins
Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American, French, German, Slovak
Keyword: baked meringue, meringue dessert, red currant meringue cake
Servings: 8
Author: Hani Bacova
Ingredients
Cake Batter
3egg yolks
5tbspbutter, unsalted at room temperature
3/4cuppowdered sugar
1tspvanilla
1/2cupmilk, room temperature
1 3/4cupall purpose flour
1tspbaking powder
1/8tspsalt
Filling /Topping
2 1/2cupfresh or frozen red currants
3tspcorn starch
1cuppowdered sugar
3egg whites
pinch of salt
Instructions
Prepare Cake Pan
Preheat oven to 345 F, butter a 9 inch tart pan with removable bottom, or you can use a square pan as well, use a square 9x9 inch cake pan.
Cake Batter
Whisk together flour (1 cup and 3/4 cup), baking powder (1tsp), salt (1/8tsp) set aside.
With a paddle attachment using a stand mixer or with a hand held mixer using wire beaters cream together butter (5 tbsp) and powdered sugar ( 3/4 cup) about 3 minutes, until creamy and smooth. Add egg yolks (3) and beat until smooth and pale in color. Beat in Vanilla Extract (1tsp).
Alternatively on low speed to butter mixture add milk (1/2 cup) and flour mixture. Stir just until combined.
Spread the batter into the prepared pan.
Red Currant Filling/Topping
Beat 3 egg whites with a pinch of salt until foamy, gradually add 3/4 of the powdered sugar (3/4 cup), and beat until stiff peaks are are formed.
In a medium size bowl whisk together remaining powdered sugar (1/4 cup) and corn starch (3 tsp). Add red currants and toss them with sugar/cornstarch mixture.
Gently fold currant mixture into a stiff meringue.
Evenly spread the filling on top of the cake batter.
Bake
Bake in the preheated oven at 345F for 30-35 minutes, until meringue is golden brown and cake is baked in the middle.
If the cake isn’t baked in the center (it is not set, this can happen especially around the center of the pan, center appears to be moving when you move the pan but meringue is golden brown. Cover cake loosely with and aluminum foil to prevent meringue getting too brown and bake for additional 5 minutes
Let the cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then carefully remove from the pan
Let cool to room temperature and enjoy
Notes
CAN I USE OTHER FRUITS?
Raspberries, Strawberries, Blueberries and Cranberries works really nicely. Strawberries will have to be cut up to smaller pieces.