Nutty Cherry Meringue Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1/8 lb unsalted butter
• 5 ounces caster sugar or 5 ounces superfine sugar
• 3 eggs, separated
• 3 1/2 ounces self raising flour, sieved
• 4 tablespoons milk
• 1 ounce toasted hazelnuts
• 7 ounces black cherries, pitted
• 5 fluid ounces heavy whipping cream, whipped

Recipe

• 1 cream the butter and 3 ounces of the sugar until light and fluffy.
• 2 mix in the egg yolks.
• 3 using a metal spoon, fold in the flour and milk.
• 4 pour into two 6-inch lined and greased cake tins.
• 5 whisk the egg whites until stiff; fold in the remaining sugar and the hazelnuts.
• 6 spoon the meringue over the cake mixture.
• 7 bake for 45 minutes at 300°f.
• 8 cool on a wire rack.
• 9 cut most of the cherries in half; fold into most of the cream.
• 10 spread one half of the cake with the filling, and place the top in position.
• 11 serve decorated with piped cream and the remaining black cherries.