Cloud Berry Merengue

Last week I went home in Finland and I took the opportunity to make some desserts of our Lappish berries. Cloud berry is full of vitamins so it's perfect for this period.

The topping is a simply mix of vanilla cream and quark. For the filling I used the apple jam made by my mom's aunt and the precious cloud berries were picked by my parents :)

CLOUD BERRY MERENGUE

Merengue base:

3 egg whites

170 g (2 dl) sugar

Filling:

200 g home made apple jam

Topping:

250 ml vanilla cream

250 g quark

2 tablespoons honey

3 tablespoons sugar

Decorating:

200 g cloud berries

Preheat the oven to 150 C. Prepare an oven tin covering it with baking paper. Make a circle spreading butter on it.

In a bowl whisk the egg whites and add little by little the sugar until the texture is completely smooth, hard and thick. With the kitchen spoon pour the mix on the oven tin and following the lines to make a round merengue cake base. Bake in the oven for 30-40 minutes until the surface becomes slightly golden. Remove from the oven and let cool. On the cooled base, spread the apple jam, then prepare the topping. 

In a bowl whisk the vanilla cream into a hard foam. Then add quark, honey and sugar, mix until the texture is even. Spread the topping evenly on the cake and decorate with cloud berries. Place in the fridge to cool for a moment and serve with good tea :)