This gorgeous looking desert is crunchy on the outside, gooey in the middle and is lighter than a normal Black Forest gateau. With just a few store cupboard ingredients this dessert is super easy to make.
Black Forest meringue
Ingredients
For The Meringue
- 7 medium free range egg whites
- 2 tsp cornflour
- 400 g caster sugar
- 4 tbsp cocoa powder, sieved
Fro The Filling
- 200 ml low fat creme fraiche
- 300 ml Greek style natural yogurt
- 410 g tin red cherry fruit filling
- 2 squares Co-operative Fairtrade dark or milk chocolate
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 140°C/fan 120°C/Gas 1. Take 2 baking trays and line them with both greaseproof and baking paper. Whisk the eggs in a large clean bowl until they form soft peaks.
- Put in the cornflower and half of the sugar and whisk. Add the rest of sugar and beat until stiff and shiny.
- Fold the sieved cocoa into the meringue mix to make a swirly pattern very very gently. As you want to see swirls of cocoa in the meringue don't fold too much.
- With just over half of the mixture make a circle onto a tray with a spoon about 18cm in diameter. With the rest of the mixture make a circle about 14cm in diameter on the second tray.
- For 55min to 1h bake the meringues or until cooked. The outside should be crisp and the middle still slightly gooey. Leave to cool.
- Onto a cake stand put the larger meringue first. Mix the creme fraiche and yogurt with a few tablespoons of pie filling (without the cherries) to make it pink. Put half on to the meringue.
- Spoon over some cherries. Put the other meringue on top and cover with the rest of the yogurt mix and cherries. Grate the chocolate over the fruit and serve.
Nutrition Information:
Serving Size:
8 gramsAmount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
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We love a good dessert on KiddyCharts too, whether its for the kids for for you as a bit of indulgence, so as well as checking out our own recipes, why not take a look at some of the other wonderful content out there too – here are some great examples for you, with a bit of a kid slant too, particularly the science-y one!
- Science Sparks shows us how to make the perfect meringue, and the science behind it all – really fascinating,
- We also have a South African Lemon Meringue tart from Teach me Mommy as well, and
- Spaceships and Laser Beams have some glorious meringues for a party treat; meringue roses, and grilled peaches. Just yum.
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This free recipe content first appeared within the Cooperative Food magazine.
Helen
Helen is a mum to two, social media consultant, and website editor; and this site is (we think) the only Social Enterprise parenting magazine! Since giving up being a business analyst when juggling travel, work and kids proved too complicated, she founded KiddyCharts so she could be with her kids, and use those grey cells at the same time. KiddyCharts has reach of over 1.1million across social and the site. The blog works with big family brands (including travel) to help promote their services, as well as offering free resources to parents of kids under 10. It gives 51%+ profits to Reverence for Life, who fund a number of important initiatives in Africa, including bringing running water and basic equipment to a school in Tanzania. Helen has worked as a digital marketing consultant (IDM qualified) with various organisations, including Channel Mum, Truprint, Talk to Mums, and Micro Scooters. She loves to be creative in the brand campaigns she works on. Get in touch TODAY!