Chocolate Meringue Logs

Name: Chocolate Meringue Logs
Yield: Makes enough for the sides of 1 layer cake (9 inches round)
Ingredients: Pinch of cream of tartar, unless using a copper bowl; ½ cup granulated sugar; 6 egg whites; ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder; ½ cup confectioners’ sugar

Preparation info

Makes enough for the sides of
1
layer cake ( 9 round )

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Baking

By James Peterson

Published 2009

About

In addition to being flavored with nuts, meringue can also be flavored with cocoa and used in the same way—as layers in a cake—as plain meringue. Here, chocolate meringue is piped into logs for decorating the sides of a cake. It can be baked at a slightly higher temperature than plain meringue since discoloration isn’t an issue.

Ingredients

½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
½ cup confectioners’ sugar
6

Dessert
Christmas
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 300°F. Line a 13 by 17-inch sheet pan with parchment paper.

In a bowl, whisk together the cocoa powder and confectioners’ sugar.

In a stand mixer fitted wit