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    Roll: Lemon Meringue Spiral Cake Roll


    Source of Recipe


    www.amethysts-recipes.com

    List of Ingredients




    3 eggs
    1/2 cup sugar
    1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    2/3 cup self-rising flour
    Grated rind of 1 lemon
    Confectioners� sugar
    Lemon Filling (below)
    Meringue (below)

    Recipe



    Preheat oven to 375�F.� Grease a 15x10-inch jelly-roll pan; line with waxed paper.� Spray with non-stick vegetable spray.
    In a large mixing bowl, beat eggs, sugar, and vanilla until thick and lemon-colored.� Sprinkle with flour and lemon rind; fold in.� Spread evenly in prepared jelly-roll pan.

    Bake 8 to 12 minutes or until delicately browned and center springs back when lightly touched.� Dust with confectioners� sugar; cover with a towel and invert onto a wire rack.� Peel off the waxed paper; roll up cake and towel together from a narrow edge.� Place, seam-side down, on wire rack.

    Preheat oven to 400�F. Unroll the cake.� Spread with Lemon Filling.� Roll up tightly.� Place, seam-side down, on an oven-proof platter.� Spread meringue smoothly over the roll.
    Bake 5 to 8 minutes or until golden brown.


    LEMON FILLING
    3/4 cup sugar
    1/8 teaspoon salt
    5 tablespoons cornstarch
    1-1/2 cups boiling water
    3 egg yolks, lightly beaten
    2 tablespoons lemon rind
    1/2 cup lemon juice
    In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, salt, and cornstarch.� Stir in boiling water.� Cook, stirring constantly, over medium heat until mixture boils, thickens, and clears.� Stir a little of the hot mixture into egg yolks; return to saucepan.� Add lemon rind and juice.� Cook, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes.� Turn into a bowl; place plastic wrap on the surface.� Refrigerate until thoroughly chilled.


    MERINGUE
    5 egg whites
    1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
    3/4 cup sugar
    In a large bowl, beat egg whites with cream of tartar until soft peaks form.� Gradually beat in sugar until stiff peaks form.

 

 

 


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