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Gallery Lemon Meringue Cake Recipe Summary Servings: 10
Ingredients Ingredient Checklist 1 sifted cup plus 2 tablespoons cake flour, (not self-rising) 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 3 large eggs, separated, room temperature 3/4 cup superfine sugar 1/4 cup vegetable oil 1 teaspoon grated orange zest 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest 4 tablespoons fresh orange juice 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice Pinch of cream of tartar Lemon Curd Filling for Lemon Meringue Cake Swiss Meringue for Lemon Meringue Cake
Cook’s Notes A cake round is useful for moving layers when assembling cakes. Use the bottom of a springform pan, or make one out of corrugated cardboard wrapped in foil. Cook’s Notes This is a smaller cake baked in a 7-inch tube pan. The recipe can be doubled to use a standard 10-inch tube pan; just increase the baking time to 60 to 65 minutes.
Gallery Lemon Meringue Cake
Recipe Summary Servings: 10
Gallery
Lemon Meringue Cake
Lemon Meringue Cake
Lemon Meringue Cake
Recipe Summary Servings: 10
Recipe Summary
Servings: 10
Servings: 10
10
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 sifted cup plus 2 tablespoons cake flour, (not self-rising) 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 3 large eggs, separated, room temperature 3/4 cup superfine sugar 1/4 cup vegetable oil 1 teaspoon grated orange zest 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest 4 tablespoons fresh orange juice 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice Pinch of cream of tartar Lemon Curd Filling for Lemon Meringue Cake Swiss Meringue for Lemon Meringue Cake
Directions
Heat oven to 325 degrees. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt twice. Set aside.
Place egg yolks in the large bowl of an electric mixer. Beat on medium high until pale and foamy, 3 to 5 minutes. Gradually add 1/2 cup of the sugar, beating until very pale and puffy, 5 to 7 minutes.
Add oil in a steady stream. Add zests; beat for 1 minute. Reduce speed to medium low, and add flour mixture alternately with juices, flour in 4 parts and liquid in 3 parts, beginning and ending with the flour. Set aside.
In a clean bowl, whip egg whites on low speed until foamy. Add cream of tartar, and increase speed to medium high. Beat until soft peaks form. Gradually add remaining sugar, and beat for 1 1/2 minutes, or until whites are glossy and stiff peaks form.
Stir a quarter of the whites into the flour-yolk mixture. Fold in remaining whites carefully, trying not to deflate the batter. Gently pour into an ungreased 7-inch tube pan. Bake until cake is golden brown and a cake tester comes out clean, about 40 minutes.
Remove cake from oven, and invert immediately. Cool completely in pan. Run a knife around sides to loosen, and remove outer part of pan. Run a knife along bottom and around tube to loosen and remove tube. Turn upside down onto a cake round slightly smaller than the cake, and slice horizontally into 3 layers using a serrated knife.
Spread half the filling on the bottom layer, and cover with the middle layer. Spread remaining filling on middle layer, and cover with top layer. Refrigerate overnight, or until set. Brush off excess crumbs with a dry pastry brush.
Heat oven to 400 degrees. Prepare meringue, and spread it all over cake, swirling with an icing spatula as desired. Set cake, still on cake round, on an oiled baking sheet, and place in oven. Bake, watching carefully, until meringue is brown around edges and beginning to brown elsewhere. Transfer to a serving plate and serve as soon as possible. Slice using a knife dipped in hot water and wiped dry.
Cook’s Notes A cake round is useful for moving layers when assembling cakes. Use the bottom of a springform pan, or make one out of corrugated cardboard wrapped in foil.
Cook’s Notes This is a smaller cake baked in a 7-inch tube pan. The recipe can be doubled to use a standard 10-inch tube pan; just increase the baking time to 60 to 65 minutes.
Cook’s Notes
A cake round is useful for moving layers when assembling cakes. Use the bottom of a springform pan, or make one out of corrugated cardboard wrapped in foil.
This is a smaller cake baked in a 7-inch tube pan. The recipe can be doubled to use a standard 10-inch tube pan; just increase the baking time to 60 to 65 minutes.
Reviews (7)
Add Rating & Review 171 Ratings 5 star values: 17 4 star values: 28 3 star values: 76 2 star values: 35 1 star values: 15
Reviews (7)
Add Rating & Review 171 Ratings 5 star values: 17 4 star values: 28 3 star values: 76 2 star values: 35 1 star values: 15
Add Rating & Review
171 Ratings 5 star values: 17 4 star values: 28 3 star values: 76 2 star values: 35 1 star values: 15
171 Ratings 5 star values: 17 4 star values: 28 3 star values: 76 2 star values: 35 1 star values: 15
171 Ratings 5 star values: 17 4 star values: 28 3 star values: 76 2 star values: 35 1 star values: 15
5 star values: 17 4 star values: 28 3 star values: 76 2 star values: 35 1 star values: 15
Martha Stewart Member Rating: 5.0 stars 04/12/2020 This turned out beautifully. I decided to make it with just orange zest and freshly squeezed orange juice, and I used a Grand Marnier buttercream frosting instead of the lemon curd and meringue. I baked it in a soufflé dish instead of a tube pan. This versatile cake will be my go-to base for birthdays and other special occasions! Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 04/28/2015 Where can I order this cake? Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 10/26/2013 I saw Martha make this cake on Bethanny, and she used a blow torch to brown the merinque. It went fast, no melting and looked very beautiful. Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 03/20/2013 Melanie Sehman, did you refrigerate the cake with the filling overnight? That might be your problem with the lemon curd filling spilling out in the oven. Martha Stewart Member Rating: 2 stars 11/11/2012 I made this for a birthday and was very excited - it looks like a beautiful cake and I absolutely love lemon meringue...HOWEVER, the lemon curd filling simply melts in the oven when you're browning the meringue, resulting in a sloppy mess. Didn't ANYONE test this recipe?! Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 03/16/2009 The link for the Swiss Meringue is broken. How can i get the recipe? I don't know the quantity to use for this cake... Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 02/05/2009 HELP!!! The link to the meringue is broken and I want to make this for dessert this weekend! Thanks to those who advised to double the lemon curd recipe. I like filings on the thick side those info is invaluable! Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 02/05/2009 Can someone please explain the tube pan, there should be a [filtered] in the middle of the cake right? Is it filled with meringue too? Thanks!Martha Stewart Member
Rating: 5.0 stars 04/12/2020
This turned out beautifully. I decided to make it with just orange zest and freshly squeezed orange juice, and I used a Grand Marnier buttercream frosting instead of the lemon curd and meringue. I baked it in a soufflé dish instead of a tube pan. This versatile cake will be my go-to base for birthdays and other special occasions!
Rating: 5.0 stars
Rating: Unrated 04/28/2015
Where can I order this cake?
Rating: Unrated
Rating: Unrated 10/26/2013
I saw Martha make this cake on Bethanny, and she used a blow torch to brown the merinque. It went fast, no melting and looked very beautiful.
Rating: Unrated 03/20/2013
Melanie Sehman, did you refrigerate the cake with the filling overnight? That might be your problem with the lemon curd filling spilling out in the oven.
Rating: 2 stars 11/11/2012
I made this for a birthday and was very excited - it looks like a beautiful cake and I absolutely love lemon meringue…HOWEVER, the lemon curd filling simply melts in the oven when you’re browning the meringue, resulting in a sloppy mess. Didn’t ANYONE test this recipe?!
Rating: 2 stars
Rating: Unrated 03/16/2009
The link for the Swiss Meringue is broken. How can i get the recipe? I don’t know the quantity to use for this cake…
Rating: Unrated 02/05/2009
HELP!!! The link to the meringue is broken and I want to make this for dessert this weekend! Thanks to those who advised to double the lemon curd recipe. I like filings on the thick side those info is invaluable!
Can someone please explain the tube pan, there should be a [filtered] in the middle of the cake right? Is it filled with meringue too? Thanks!
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