Chestnut Love Boat Cake
Prep Time
25 minutes
Cook Time
50 minutes
Total Time
1 hour 15 minutes
Ingredients
- 4 egg whites
- 1 cup icing sugar
- 1/2 tsp vinegar
- Filling
- 500 gr chestnut puree
- 4 TBSP heavy cream
- 1/2 cup icing sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp rum
- 2 cups heavy cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 250 F.
- Mix 4 egg whites and vinegar until they are stiff and leave peaks when the whisk is removed from the egg whites.
- Gradually add the sugar (1 TBSP at a time - very important) .
- It is important to add 1 tablespoon at a time because you want to lose as little air as possible.
- Line baking sheets with silicone mats and spoon the meringue mixture into shape of imaginary boat. (it does not need to be perfect shape of the boat...it can be circle or any shape that your mind have connection to. You should be able to make 10 of them).
- Bake them for 50 min. Turn off the oven and leave them to cool inside.
- Filling:
- Put the chestnut puree in a bowl with the sugar, vanilla, rum and 4 tablespoons of heavy cream.
- Beat together until smooth.
- In a separate bowl, whisk 2 cups of heavy cream.
- Put 1 1/2 TBSP of chestnut filling between two meringues.
- Top each meringue with the whipped cream. Dust with icing sugar or add chocolate.
- Serve and enjoy...