Vanilla Sheet Cake
with Italian Meringue Sponge
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Ingredients
Sponge
600g cake flour
600g white sugar
6 eggs
600ml amazi
10ml vanilla essence
10 ml baking powder
10ml bicarb of soda
Pinch of salt
Italian meringue
8 egg whites
450g caster sugar
2 cans of caramel treat
Fresh flowers
Berries

Method
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
Beat the eggs and sugar until pale. Stir in the amazi and vanilla essence.
Sift the flour, baking powder, bicarb of soda and salt.
Add to the egg mixture and fold in gently.
Pour into your sheet pan.
Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour or until a wooden sosatie stick is clean. Let cool.
For the Italian meringue
Put the egg whites and caster sugar together in a heat-proof bowl. Put bowl over a double boiler of water. Stir the caster sugar and egg whites until well incorporated and heat until luke warm.
Take off heat and beat for 20 minutes until at a hard point stage.
To assemble
Cut cake into two layers. Spread with caramel treat and put two layers on top of each other. Spread the cake with the Italian meringue and decorate with fresh flowers and berries.










































































