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Meringue Chocolate Cakes

food

Meringue Chocolate Cakes

Ingredients

Chocolate cookie dough

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 5 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup cocoa powder
  • Pinch of salt

Meringue

  • 1 egg white
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried egg white
  • To assemble:
  • Melted chocolate for coating
  • Crushed pistachios
  • Dried raspberries
  • Gold flakes

Steps

Chocolate cookie dough

  1. Mix the butter at room temperature until creamy, and then add the sugar in two batches. Add egg, flour and cocoa powder and combine with a rubber spatula.
  2. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and place in refrigerator for 30 minutes, then use a rolling pin to flatten into a square.
  3. Using a glass or round cookie cutter, punch holes in the cookie dough.
  4. Arrange them on a baking tray and bake at 340 degrees for 10 minutes.
  5. Pipe meringue onto the cookies and bake in the oven at 200 degrees for 2 hours. Drizzle each with melted chocolate and assorted toppings.

Meringue

  1. In a mixing bowl, add all meringue ingredients and whip with a mixer until soft peaks form.