How to bake Swedish Meringue Cake or Pinocchio Cake | Uses whole eggs | Fresh berries

Indulge in the fluffy and decadent layers of this homemade Pinocchio Cake - Swedish Meringue Cake recipe. This classic dessert is the perfect combination of delicate sponge cake and heavenly meringue with a cream and berry center.
Adapted from Recept.se
Serves 8
Ingredients:
Base
100 grams / 3.5 ounces butter, softened
50 grams / ¼ cup superfine/caster sugar
3 egg yolks, room temperature
78 grams / ½ cup - 1 teaspoon plain flour
4 grams / 1 teaspoon baking powder
30 grams / 2 tablespoons milk
Meringue
3 egg whites, room temperature
100 grams / ½ cup superfine/caster sugar
Topping
300 milliliters / 1 ¼ cups - 1 tablespoon heavy cream, whipped to soft peaks
105 grams / ⅓ cup strawberry jam
400 grams / 14.1 ounces fresh strawberries, hulled and roughly chopped
400 grams / 14.1 ounces fresh raspberries
Directions:
Base
- Preheat your oven to 180C/350F and line a baking tray with greaseproof paper with two equal rectangular outlines marked for the dessert (I used an 11 centimeter / 4 inch x 20 centimeter / 8 inch loaf tin to stencil onto my paper (see FAQ’s). Set aside.
- Place the butter and sugar into a bowl and beat until pale and fluffy, approximately 3 minutes.
- Add in one egg yolk and whip until combined.
- Repeat with the remaining egg yolks.
- In a small separate bowl, toss the flour and baking powder and stir together.
- Add ¼ of the flour mixture into the egg yolk mixture and ¼ of the milk and fold until smooth.
- Repeat by adding in the flour and milk in portions and folding until your batter has been formed.
- Spoon batter and spread evenly to ¼ inch thickness within the marked areas on your tray and set aside.
Meringue
- Meanwhile, place the egg whites into a clean and dry bowl and whip until soft peaks form, approximately 3 minutes.
- Continue whipping, adding in 1-2 tablespoons of the sugar until dissolved, approximately 30-45 seconds of whipping.
- Repeat with the remaining sugar until fully incorporated and your meringue is stiff and glossy.
- Spoon the meringue evenly on top of your egg yolk mixture.
- Bake in the oven until the exterior is lightly golden, approximately 25 minutes.
- Remove and allow to cool completely.
Topping and Assembly
- Place one of the desserts onto your serving plate and top with whipped cream evenly.
- Spoon over the jam evenly before sprinkling over ¾ of the strawberries and raspberries.
- Lay the remaining dessert on top and finish with the remaining fruit.
- Slice and serve.
- Dig in!
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[@albrooks5725]

So delicious! The differences in textures was so good

[@shortaybrown]

Very pretty! Nice work.
It’s like a pavlova with a cake bottom.
Thanks!