Vanilla Cream Meringue Cake

• cake:
• 500ml sugar
• 4 eggs
• 625ml flour
• 250ml milk
• 175ml oil
• 11ml baking powder
• 5ml vanilla essence
• 1 vanilla pod
• Meringue:
• 250ml caster sugar
• 1tsp white vinegar
• 1tsp vanilla essence
• 2tbsp boiling water
• 1 egg white
• 1tsp baking powder
• 250ml cream

1. Preheat oven to 125c. Line a baking tray with baking paper. Mark off 2 circles the same size as the cake tins.
2. Make meringue. Mix together sugar, vinegar, vanilla nd water until stiff. whisk egg whites, add in baking powder and fold in to sugar mix. Spread over circles on paper and cook for 1hr. Cool.
3. 2.
4. Reheat oven to 180c. Line 2 23cm baking tins grease the paper and the sides of pan.
5. 3. with and electric mixer, beat sugar and eggs until thickened. Add flour, milk, oil, vanilla pod, scraped and seeds removed, baking powder and vanilla essence. Mix until smooth.
6. 4. Pour into tins and bake for 30 to 40 mins or until skewer comes out clean.
7. 5. Cool.
8. 6. to assemble, whip cream,cut cake in middle in 2 layers. cover one layer with cream, then a meringue, then cream, and repeat until all layers are together and top with cream and some fresh fruit if desired.

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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/vanilla-cream-meringue-cake-50084515 (may not work)