Caramel Meringue

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 125 g butter
• 100 ml sugar
• 15 ml oil
• 1 egg, beaten
• 500 ml flour
• 12 1/2 ml baking powder
• 2 ml salt
• 5 ml vanilla extract
• 1 (14 ounce) can condensed milk, caramelised
• 3 large egg whites
• 175 ml sugar
• 100 g pecan nuts, chopped
• 100 g glace cherries, chopped

Recipe

• 1 base:.
• 2 cream butter and sugar.
• 3 add egg and oil.
• 4 add sifted dry ingredients.
• 5 press into 36 x 27 cm jelly roll sheet.
• 6 filling:.
• 7 beat caramel with fork to make it more pliable.
• 8 spread evenly over raw base.
• 9 topping:.
• 10 beat egg whites till stiff.
• 11 beat in 100ml sugar then fold in remaining sugar, nuts and cherries.
• 12 spread over caramel.
• 13 put in oven set to 180c then turn oven down to 170c and bake for 10 minutes.
• 14 turn oven down to 160c and bake for 20 minutes.
• 15 cut into squares and decorate with rosette of cream topped with a nut or cherry (optional).