Le Delice Guy Pascal (Almond-Meringue Cake)

Total Time
About 15 minutes, plus refrigeration
Rating
4(11)
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Ingredients

Yield:10 - 12 servings
  • 4meringue disks (see recipe)
  • 4cups ganache (see recipe)
  • 8cups coffee butter cream (see recipe)
  • 3cups creme Chantilly (see recipe)
  • ¾pound blanched, sliced almonds, toasted
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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Lay one meringue disk on a serving dish and spread four cups of ganache over it.

  2. Step 2

    Lay a second meringue disk over the ganache and spread it with half of the coffee butter cream, reserving enough to cover the top and sides of the finished cake.

  3. Step 3

    Lay a third meringue disk over the coffee butter cream and spread with the creme Chantilly. Top with the last meringue disk.

  4. Step 4

    Spread the top and sides of the dessert with the remaining butter cream. Coat the cake with the toasted almonds. Refrigerate until well chilled.

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My husband (then friend) made this cake for me 38 years ago - in 1978 - for my birthday. He saw it in the New York Times and made it by hand whisk in his college dorm. He delivered it early on the morning of my birthday. What a wonderful delicious and loving surprise. We have been married almost 35 years.

Baked whole cake as 9" round. Added 4 layers of Ruth Reichel's Giant Chocolate Cake. OMG! near disaster but delicious. Tall cake requiring lots of refrigerator time during construction to firm up layers. Also frosted in three coats, refrigerating in between each coat. Drizzled finished cake w bittersweet chocolate. Finished cake was epic.

My husband (then friend) made this cake for me 38 years ago - in 1978 - for my birthday. He saw it in the New York Times and made it by hand whisk in his college dorm. He delivered it early on the morning of my birthday. What a wonderful delicious and loving surprise. We have been married almost 35 years.

How lovely.

Great story! Any man who will hand whisk egg whites/cream and make this cake to win your heart is worth his weight in salt. May your marriage last another 38 yrs! :)

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