Chocolate Meringues
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
-
Meringues
- 5 egg whites
- 1 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1⁄4 cup cocoa
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1⁄2 cup flour, sifted
- 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
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Frosting
- 1⁄2 lb marshmallows
- 1 cup sugar
- 1⁄3 cup water
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
- nuts, chopped
directions
- Preheat oven to 350F and line two 8 by 11 cake pans with wax paper.
- Beat egg whites until foamy.
- Sift sugar, cocoa and cream of tartar together and add to egg whites gradually, beating until egg whites form stiff peaks.
- Pour into prepared pans and bake for 20 minutes.
- When cool, cut into squares or diamond shapes.
- To make the frosting; cut marshmallows into pieces and melt in a double boiler or very briefly in the microwave.
- Boil sugar and water until the mixture will spin a thread.
- Pour over melted marshmallows; add vanilla and beat until mixture is thick.
- Spread on half of meringues, top each with another meringue, spread with more frosting and sprinkle with chopped nuts.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Molly53
United States