Marvellous or Astridje

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 5 egg whites
• ½ liter cream
• 125 g sugar
• 155 g powdered sugar
• Chocolate sprinkles or flakes

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 1 hour; Total time approx. 1 hour 30 minutes

Coffee cake with meringue and cream from Belgium, always worth a sin!

For the meringues, preheat the oven to 100°C. Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks, mix together 125g sugar and 125g icing sugar and very carefully fold into the egg whites. Then fill into a piping bag and place small, flat heaps on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Bake for approx. 1 hour. When the meringues no longer stick to the baking tray, they are ready. For the Merveilleux, beat the cream until stiff peaks, adding the remaining 30g icing sugar. Now cover one meringue for each Merveilleux with cream, then place a second meringue on top of the cream and cover with more cream. Cover with a third meringue and spread cream all over and sprinkle with chocolate shavings. Tip: You can round off the Merveilleux by placing a strawberry or other fruit on top.