Friday, January 7, 2011

Meringue Cake With Nutella Buttercream

Our this month Sweet Punch challenge goes for bakes with meringue, most of us know that meringue is prepared with egg whites, sugar with cream of tartar,my choice went for a simple meringue cake which is prepared with yellow butter cake baked directly with a meringue on the top, i prepared as per the recipe went for but instead of using whipping cream and strawberries as in the original recipe,i prepared a nutella buttercream to make a sandwich cake, they tastes terribly irresistible and my teddies loved it much, the butter cake was absolutely excellent,the technique of baking a cake batter and meringue in the same pan at the same time is quite unique, but the result was extremely delicious and while tasting this cake, u will definitely forget the efforts u put for making the beautiful meringue cake..Thanks to Sweet Punch team for choosing this delicious cake.We loved it..

Meringue cake

Cake Batter:
4nos Egg yolks
1cup Cake flour
1tsp Baking powder
1/2cup Butter
1/2cup Sugar
1tsp Vanilla extract
1/4cup Milk

Meringue Layer:
4nos Egg whites
Pinch of Salt or 1/4tsp Cream of tartar
1/3cup Sugar
1/2tsp Vanilla extract

Nutella Buttercream:
2tbsp Nutella spread
1cup Confectioner's sugar
1/4cup Butter
1tsp Milk

Beat the nutella spread,butter together until they turns soft,add the confectioner's sugar,milk and turn everything as a smooth nutella buttercream, arrange this buttercream in fridge for atleast two hours..

Preheat the oven to 350F, grease round cake pans and keep aside and sift together the flour,baking powder in a bowl and keep aside..In a bowl,beat the butter and sugar until soft, add the egg yolks one at a time, beat well after each addition, add in the vanilla extract, beat for a whole, divide the flour mixture into three and add one by one by beating well each time..now divide the batter evenly to the cake pans, set aside until the meringue layer gets ready..

In a clean bowl with a electric mixer beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt until the soft peeks form, add in the sugar and continue to whisk until stiff peaks form..divine the meringue into two and top the cake batter with the meringue,spread the meringue well over the cake..Bake for 20-25minutes in middle rack until toothpick inserted comes out clean..

Once the meringue cake gets completely cool, spread the already prepared buttercream over a cake and gently place the second cake over the buttercream,this looks like a sandwich cake,dust the cake with confectioner"s sugar generously and enjoy..U can place this meringue cake in fridge for few hours before enjoying..

53 comments:

Priya Srinivasan - I Camp in My Kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

Yummylicious!!!!

Sayantani Mahapatra Mudi said... Reply To This Comment

awesome Priya. looks divine.

Nandinis food said... Reply To This Comment

What a lovely cake! Looks very cute, dear!

Pavani said... Reply To This Comment

cake looks delicious n new.

Finla said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious.

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

Innovative and delicious!

Ameya said... Reply To This Comment

Yum Yum!! Droolworthy cake :)

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

lovely cake,priya..nutella buttercream is very new to me...
Reva

Ramya said... Reply To This Comment

Nutella Buttercream....double yummy..
You are going to make us drool everyday!!

Daisy Roshan said... Reply To This Comment

lots of flavors and textures in it....very delicious...

MaryMoh said... Reply To This Comment

Mmmm....beautiful. Never heard of but I can imagine how good with it with nutella spread and meringue. Thanks very much for sharing. MaryMoh at http://www.keeplearningkeepsmiling.com

Sanchita said... Reply To This Comment

Quite innovative and sounds delicious :)

Rachana said... Reply To This Comment

That looks so delicious.

Shah cooks said... Reply To This Comment

looks absolutely delicious!

KrithisKitchen said... Reply To This Comment

Wow Priya, this is an interesting one..

kitchen flavours said... Reply To This Comment

This is a lovely dessert. Wouldn't mind two slices of this...yum!

Raks said... Reply To This Comment

Wow,looks very tempting priya,feel like tasting some :)

Jaishree Iyer said... Reply To This Comment

cake looks delicious and innovative ..Loved it priya!

Pavithra Elangovan said... Reply To This Comment

Lovely Priya.. looks wonderful with Nutella.

Suja Manoj said... Reply To This Comment

Looks divine..lovely and innovative

swapna said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious and yummy!!

Suji said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious, mouthwatering cake...I love nutella..

Elisabeth said... Reply To This Comment

Hi Priya-This is such an unusual and light as
"feather" cake. Beautiful, and "heavenly"!!!

Priya Sreeram said... Reply To This Comment

lovely ! nutella buttercream has me hooked !!

Elisabeth said... Reply To This Comment

I'm back again, Priya, I've been carefully studying this recipe, and realized what an amazing frosting the Nutella Buttercream makes.
At first I thought it's too much sugar, but with only 2Tbsp of Nutella, and the addition of the butter, then, the sugar...makes a lot of sense!
Genius!...curious as to whether it's your own, or an adaptation of a frosting recipe?
Bookmarked this, to make!

HomeKreation said... Reply To This Comment

Sounds like delicious combination! Can you post me some...hehe

Akila said... Reply To This Comment

wow thats fantastic dear....

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Regards,
Akila

Umm Mymoonah said... Reply To This Comment

Looks soooo yummy.

Shanavi said... Reply To This Comment

Omg...love the cake..So soft n am loving t.........

Vidhya said... Reply To This Comment

Thats one lovely cake.

Hamaree Rasoi said... Reply To This Comment

What a lovely looking cake. Loved the snap.

Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi

Torviewtoronto said... Reply To This Comment

Priya I have made nutella butter cream and it is easy and delicious indeed this looks fabulous

Swathi said... Reply To This Comment

yummy cake Priya. awesome

Mary Bergfeld said... Reply To This Comment

This sounds so delicious. Years ago I used to make a cake called a dacquaise and your meringue cake, while updated, is very similar to it. Using the nutella as a frosting/filling is genius. I hope you are having a great day. Blessings...Mary

HGourmet Foodie said... Reply To This Comment

wow..all these layers sound really tempting :) Great combination!!!

Uma said... Reply To This Comment

yummy cake!

Simplyfood said... Reply To This Comment

One word summs it all............Delicious!!!

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

As Reva says.....this is new to me and must learn one........as always,u impress with new ways of cooking..:)

aipi said... Reply To This Comment

I love anything with nutella... this looks sinfully delicious!!

US Masala

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

sounds absolutely delicious!

PreeOccupied said... Reply To This Comment

This is mouthwatering. I love nutella. Its the best.

Veggie Hut said... Reply To This Comment

simply gorgeous

Tahemeem said... Reply To This Comment

OOh..... love it :)
love the nutella buttercream :)

Gayu said... Reply To This Comment

Wow!! Looks absolutely delicious..Anything with Nutella...

Gayu
http://ensamayalarangam.blogspot.com

notyet100 said... Reply To This Comment

ummm yummy,,,

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

oh my, I don't think the frosting would have made it on the cake :)) unless I would have made it in double-double batch :))
the cake looks delicious.
thanks for sharing.

hope you're having a wonderful day

JishasKitchen said... Reply To This Comment

yUMMYYY!!

Gayathri Kumar said... Reply To This Comment

Looks so lovely and yummy..

MySpicyKitchen said... Reply To This Comment

Nutella buttercream is a a nice variation to whipped cream. Will try it sometime. Cake looks delicious.

http://www.myspicykitchen.net

Sushma Mallya said... Reply To This Comment

YUMMY!!!VERY TEMPTING

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

awesome n yummy!

Sara, Ms Adventures in Italy said... Reply To This Comment

Yum! I've added this recipe to the hundreds of Nutella recipes on the World Nutella Day site (www.nutelladay.com) - I hope you make a variation or another creation entirely for February 5th, World Nutella Day!

Sara, founder World Nutella Day

lissie said... Reply To This Comment

the name itself makes me drool...! the cake looks divine!