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Vegan meringue mess cake

By Abigail Donnelly
6
Easy
45 minutes, plus overnight freezing time
1 hour

Ingredients

  • 1 x 400 ml coconut cream
  • 1 cup reserved chickpea liquid
  • 200 g sugar
  • Raspberries, for serving
  • Icing sugar, for dusting
  • For the chickpea liquid

  • 1 x 340 g chickpeas can, drained (reserve the liquid)

Method

1. Freeze the coconut cream for at least 3 hours.

2. Preheat the oven to 120°C.

3. Beat the chickpea liquid using an electric handmixer until soft peaks form, slowly adding the sugar.

4. Spoon the mixture onto a baking tray lined with baking paper in 6-cm wide discs, then bake for 1 hour, or until crisp.

5. Remove from the oven and cool. Beat the coconut cream until thick using an electric hand-mixer.

6. Crush the meringues and mix with the coconut cream. Spoon into a large round cake tin and freeze overnight.

7. Remove the cake from the tin and place on a serving dish. Top with the raspberries and icing sugar.

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