Lemon-Honey Cake with Raspberries and Italian Meringue

This Mediterranean-influenced cake is iced and decorated with piped meringue that is torched to create an inviting golden brown exterior. The decoration can be simplified by spreading the meringue over the tops of the cakes only and forming it into swirls, as is typical for a lemon meringue pie, before browning it. Because this method leaves the sides of the cakes exposed, you should carefully place a row of berries all around the perimeter when you arrange them on top of the first layer of