Postre Chajá

== Ingredients ==
=== Postre Chajá ===
* 1 can of peaches in syrup
* ½ liter whipped cream
* 1 pound dry meringues
* 1 round sponge cake
=== Sponge cake ===
* 1 cup cake flour
* ¼ + 1 cup sugar
* 8 egg whites
* ½ teaspoon of cream of tartar
* 1 teaspoon vanilla
== Directions ==
=== Sponge cake ===
# Mix cake flour with ¼ cup of sugar.
# Whip 8 egg whites and cream of tartar until stiff.
# Add 1 cup of sugar, folding it in gently.
# Add vanilla.
# Add to this mixture the flour, folding it in slowly and gently put the mixture in an unbuttered baking dish.
# Bake it in a 340ºF oven for 40 minutes.
# Let it cool face down, taking care the cake doesn’t touch anything, and when cool put it into a dish.
=== Postre Chajá ===
# Cut the sponge cake horizontally in two parts, put the lower part in a dish, open a can of peaches in syrup.
# The syrup gives moisture to the cake.
# Cover it with whipped cream and mix it with the peaches cut in small pieces.
# Put the top part of the cake on, add to it some of the syrup too.
# Cover it with more whipped, top it with meringues, cracked into small pieces adding some more little pieces of peaches on top also.
# The main part of it is that this desert needs abundance of whipped cream and of meringues as icing! let it rest in the refrigerator a couple of hours before serving it. You’ll love it!.
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Category:Uruguayan Desserts
Category:Cake Recipes
Category:Peach Recipes