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Cherry Snow Delight

NOTES
Whisked sponge cake, filled with Tiptree Morello Cherry Conserve (or Christmas Conserve) and cream, covered in Italian meringue and garnished with citrus fruits.  You could cheat and buy a sponge. 
You need a digital sugar thermometer and cook’s flame torch

Ingredients:
8” Shortcrust pastry cooked tart case or make your own
2 teaspoons TC Apricot Jam or Organic Orange Marmalade with Gin
2-3 tablespoons TC Raspberry Jam
3 Cox’s Orange apples
6 fresh Raspberries

Sponge - Ingredients
  • 3 large Free Range Eggs
  • 85g Castor Sugar
  • 85g SR Flour
  • Pinch of salt
  • 2 teaspoons Light Olive Oil
Filling

300 ml Fresh Double Cream
2 tablespoons Tiptree Morello Cherry or Christmas Conserve
2 tablespoons Amaretto Liqueur or Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice

Italian Meringue

3 large Eggs – whites
200g Castor Sugar
50 ml Water

Garnish
  • 1 Pink Grapefruit – peeled and in segments
  • 2 Clementine – peeled and in segments
  • ½ Fresh Pineapple sliced and in chunks or use prepared fruit
  • 415g tin Sliced Peaches in Juice
  • 2 tablespoons Amaretto Liqueur (optional) or Freshly Squeeze Orange Juice
  • 12 Cocktail Cherries in Maraschino Syrup (we used Opies)

Method

Set oven at 180c. and lightly oil fluted ring mould tin – we used 20cm (7 ¾”)

Sieve flour and put on a plate in a warm place

Put eggs and sugar in a large bowl and whisk over a pan of hot water till pale and fluffy

Fold in flour & salt.

Pour oil or glycerin round edge of bowl and fold into mixture.

Pour into baking ring tin and bake for about 22 minutes, test, remove from oven but leave for a few minutes then turn out and allow to cool.

Make Italian Meringue:

Separate egg whites, put in a large bowl and whisk until they start to foam

Put water and castor sugar into heavy based pan over low heat; once the sugar has dissolved increase the heat and add sugar thermometer, remove from heat when it reaches 121 – 123c

Whisk eggs and drizzle hot syrup around the edge of the bowl, continue whisking until the mixture has cooled to room temperature, it takes a few minutes; set aside

Finish

Drain peaches and retain juice (if needed)

Place grapefruit, clementines, pineapple and peaches in a jug and add 2 tablespoons of Amaretto or fruit juice to marinate

Place cake on oven proof serving dish

Cut cake in half and sprinkle bottom half with 2 tablespoons Amaretto or fruit juice

Whip cream to light peaks and fold in the jam

Spread cream onto the bottom part of the sponge – replace the top half of sponge

Cover the outside of the cake with Italian meringue, take to a safe place so that the meringue can be lightly coloured with the flame torch

Carefully spoon or pour fruit into the centre cavity of the dessert and put spare fruit in separate serving dish – decorate with cherries and blueberries or other fruits

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