Spanish Wind Cakes Recipe

Summary

Servings4Cuisine
CourseMain Ingredient

Ingredients

 Piping meringue1 Cup (16 tbs)
 Orange chantilly cream/Sweetened whipped cream1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)

Nutrition Facts

Serving size

Calories 247 Calories from Fat 64

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 6 g9.8%

Saturated Fat 4.5 g22.6%

Trans Fat 0 g

Cholesterol 0.26 mg0.09%

Sodium 47.9 mg2%

Total Carbohydrates 46 g15.5%

Dietary Fiber 1.8 g7.2%

Sugars 42.8 g

Protein 4 g7.3%

Vitamin A Vitamin C

Calcium Iron

*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet

Directions

Line two large baking sheets with aluminum foil; draw six 3-inch circles on each foil-lined baking sheet.
Prepare one-half recipe of Piping Meringue.
(Do not make a whole recipe and use half at a time; the reserved meringue would break down before being used in recipe.) Spoon meringue into a decorating bag fitted with No.
2A round or No.
4B star tip.
Pipe a 1/2-inch-wide ring of meringue just inside 1 circle outline; continue piping rings of meringue within first ring until circle is filled with meringue.
Repeat procedure with 3 additional outlines (these are bases for cakes).
Pipe 1/2-inch-wide rings just inside remaining 8 outlines (these are sides for cakes).
Bake at 225° for 45 minutes.
Turn off oven and cool meringues in oven at least 1 hour.
Carefully peel aluminum foil from meringues, and cool meringues completely on wire racks.
To "glue" layers together.
Frost outside of meringue cakes with a thin, smooth layer of meringue.
Spoon remaining meringue into a decorating bag fitted with No.
18, 19, or 20 star tips; pipe a border of stars around both the top and bottom edges of the cakes.
Draw four 2-inch circles for lids on second baking sheet.
Pipe a ring of meringue shells or stars just inside each outline using same star tip; within each ring, pipe a spiral that ends in center and fills in circle.
Bake cakes and lids at 225° for 45 minutes.
Turn off oven; cool in oven at least 4 hours or overnight.
Carefully peel foil from meringues, and store meringues in airtight container at room temperature up to 2 days.
Just before serving, place meringue cakes on a serving plate; spoon Orange Chantilly Cream evenly into shells, and arrange sliced strawberries on top.
Place lids slightly off-center on cakes; serve immediately.
Garnish the serving plate with Meringue Flowers, if desired.
Prepare one-half recipe of Piping Meringue; line baking sheets again with foil.
Place the 4 meringue bases on a baking sheet; stack 2 meringue rings on top of each base, using a little meringue
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