Name: Passion-Fruit Cloud Cake
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Makes: 10-portion cake
Ingredients: 1 tangerine or ½ orange, finely grated zest and juice 4–5 ripe passion-fruit; 350 g / 12 oz caster sugar; 6 egg whites; 400 ml / 14 fl oz double cream; 2 tbs demerara sugar; 60 g / 2 oz pecan nuts, roughly chopped

Preparation info

Makes:
10
-portion cake

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

Cakes

By Geraldene Holt

Published 2011

About

Three layers of soft meringue sandwiched with citrus cream and fresh passion-fruit. If you prefer, though it calls for some dexterity, the meringue can be left in one piece and rolled around the cream filling – as for a Swiss roll – to make a meringue roulade.

Ingredients

6 egg whites
350 g / 12 oz caster sugar

Method

Whisk the egg white until stiff – ideally in a mixer or using an electric beater. Gradually whisk in half of the sugar, then fold in the remaining sugar using a balloon whisk. Spoon the meringue into the prepared cake tin and spread level. Sprinkle the chopped pecan nuts and demerara sugar over the top.

Bake in the middle of the preheated oven until the top of the meringue is golden bro