Vanilla Sheet Cake

with Italian Meringue Sponge

A cloud-like vanilla sponge layered with rich caramel and crowned in silky Italian meringue for pure indulgence. Finished with fresh berries and blooms, this showstopper is as beautiful as it is irresistible.
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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.

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