Chocolate Meringue Cake

Name: Chocolate Meringue Cake (Gâteau meringué au chocolat)
Yield: For four people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 4 egg whites; 125 g (4½ oz) caster sugar; 125 g (4½ oz) icing sugar; 30 g (1 oz) cocoa powder (unsweetened); 200 ml (7 fl. oz) plus 4 tablespoons thick double cream; 300 g (10½ oz) couverture or cooking chocolate; 300 g (10½ oz) couverture or cooking chocolate

Gâteau meringué au chocolat

Preparation info

For
four
people

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Ma Cuisine des Saisons

By Georges Blanc

Published 1987

About

Ingredients

For the Meringue

4 egg whites
125 g (4½ oz) caster sugar

Europe
France
Cake
Vegetarian
Gluten-free
Spring

Method

Making the meringue

Pre-heat the oven to Reg. ¼/225°F/110°C.

Whisk the egg whites by hand or with an electric beater until they are fairly firm, then beat in the caster sugar. Delicately fold in the icing sugar with a wooden spatula.